SaharaReporters learnt that the gunmen killed a man, and took away two others – who were his wife and his daughter.
Gunmen suspected to be bandits on Friday night waylaid travellers returning from a function in Ekiti State, shot dead the driver of the vehicle and abducted at least two occupants. The police spokesman in Ekiti, ASP Sunday Abutu, said the gunmen shot the driver of the vehicle, a LEXUS 330 SUV, dead and took the two other occupants of the vehicle away.
ASP Abutu added that the police, in conjunction with local hunters and operatives of Amotekun Corps, were already combing the forest around the area to rescue the victims and arrest the gunmen. The vehicle, with registration number LAGOS KRD 264 GV, was left at the scene facing the bush with only the deceased inside it.Friday’s incident occurred four days after gunmen also suspected to be herdsmen shot and killed a man named Ademola Afolayan on a poultry farm in Ikere-Ekiti on Monday, August 2 at about 5pm.
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