Herdsmen: Fayemi reacts as Ekiti monarch faults police claim on killings
The monarch dismissed the claim by the Commissioner of Police, Mr Asuquo Amba, that preliminary report indicated that nobody died during the attack.
But the monarch insisted that two persons were shot dead while speaking on Wednesday when the delegation sent by Governor Kayode Fayemi to commiserate with the town visited the traditional ruler. “They have removed the bullets from the body of the wife and she had been referred to Federal Teaching Hospital, Ido Ekiti for treatment.
Oba Ogungbemi restated his call for the establishment of a police station in the town to curb the vampires.
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