Ekiti:Again, Suspected Kidnappers Strike, Abduct Traditional Ruler |The Source

By Ayodele Oni

The restive and agrarian Ilemeso community in Ekiti State was ignited,Thursday,  evening following the abduction of the Traditional Ruler of the town by suspected kidnappers.

It was gathered that Oba David Oyewumi, the Obadu of Ilemeso-Ekiti in Oye Local Government, was kidnapped in his Palace by gunmen.

Eye witness account explained that the gunmen scaled the fence of the Palace located at the centre of the town and shot severally to scare away the people, and proceeded to whisk away the Oba.

The incident is coming barely seven days after another first class monarch, Elewu of Ewu Ekiti, Oba Adetutu Ajayi, escaped death by whiskers.

Oba Ajayi was shot by yet to be identified gunmen that ambushed him while he was returning from Ayetoro Ekiti, where he had gone to drop off a relation.

The Monarch is still under intensive care at a privately owned hospital in Ado Ekiti, after some bullets had been extracted from his body.

Ilemeso Ekiti, is less than 10 kilometers to Isan Ekiti, Governor Fayemi’s hometown, where a manager with a filling station was, also, kidnapped last week.

The Alawe of Ilawe Ekiti, Oba Ajibade Alabi, who is the Chairman, Ekiti state Traditional Rulers’ Council, has expressed worry at the increasing rate of banditry, kidnapping and other forms of criminal activities in Nigeria and called on Security agents to increase the tempo of reducing the menace of crime throughout the country.

Following the increase in the menace of Kidnappings in the Oye, Isan, Ilejemeje axis of the state, due to closeness of the area to Kwara state, residents have called for more security presence in the area as  Amotekun corps seem to be helpless.

The State Police Command is yet to react to the latest incident of kidnapping in the State.