Ekiti: Kidnappers Intercept School Bus Carrying Children, Abduct Them

By Ayodele Oni

• Gov Oyebanji Orders Security Agencies To Fish Out Killers Of Two Ekiti Monarchs

Tension and anger and outrage run high in Ekiti State as an unspecified number of Children returning from school have been kidnapped by gunmen.

Incidentally, the abduction of the Children happened the same Monday that gunmen gruesomely killed two Traditional Rulers in the State during a kidnap attempt.

The Children, pupils of a yet- to-be disclosed School were returning home from School when the hoodlums intercepted their school bus at Eporo Village  near Emure Ekiti, and diverted them to an unknown destination. Nothing has been heard from the abductors to the horror of parents and the community.

Meanwhile, an outraged Ekiti State Governor, Biodun Oyebanji, has condemned Monday’s deadly attack in Oke-Ako area in Ikole Local Government, which led to the gruesome killing of two Traditional Rulers.

The Governor has, therefore, ordered security agencies in the State to fish out the killers.

The two Traditional Rulers – the Onimojo of Imojo Ekiti, Oba Olatunde Samuel Olusola and the Elesun of Esun Ekiti, Oba David Babatunde Ogunsola were killed in an ambush by armed men while returning from, ironically, a security meeting.

The third Traditional Ruler, the Alara of Ara –Ekiti, Oba Adebayo Fatoba escaped the attack.

Oyebanji, in a statement, signed by his Special Adviser on Media, Yinka Oyebode, said Security Agents have been despatched to the area to fish out the perpetrators of the heinous crime.

The Governor, who had just presided over the State Security Council meeting in Ado-Ekiti, barely an hour before the incidence occurred, said no stone will be left unturned in the bid to bring the perpetrators to justice.

He expressed the condolences of the Government and people of Ekiti State to the people of Imojo Ekiti and Esun Ekiti over the sad incidence.

The Governor also urged the people of the two towns to remain calm and refrain from taking the laws into their own hands. Government, he said, would ensure that justice is served.

Governor Oyebanji charged security agencies in the state to remain vigilant and resolute in the efforts to stamp out crime and criminality from the state.

Restating the commitment of his government to security of lives and properties of citizens in the state, the Governor said his administration would continue to deploy technology for crime detection and prevention, as well as provide necessary support for security agencies in the state.