Kidnappers kill one in Ekiti as Police rescue 4 victims

Four people abducted along the Isan-Iludun Ekiti road in Ilejemeje local government area of the state over the weekend have been rescued.

The suspected kidnappers also killed 22-year-old Oguntuase Idowu Oguntuase who was the fifth person amongst the victims during the incident.

Reports indicate that the unknown gunmen attacked the victims along Isan-Iye Ekiti road in Ilejemeje local government area of the state, killed one and abducted four others.

Our correspondent reports that the victims were travelling along the road on Sunday evening when the driver to Ekiti State Commissioner for Local Government was allegedly shot and killed.

Confirming the development, the Ekiti State Police Command PRO, DSP Sunday Abutu, confirmed the development but said the kidnapped victims have all been rescued alive.

Abutu noted that efforts are underway for the possible arrest of the perpetrators.

Speaking on the development, the Lawmaker representing Ilejemeje Constituency, Hon. Princess Iyabo Okieimen-Fakunle, at the State assembly plenary on Tuesday, called the attention of the House to the ugly killing and abduction that happened at the outskirts of Iludun Ekiti in Ilejemeje on Sunday 22nd September, in which a life was loss and five people were abducted.

The Speaker, Adeoye Aribasoye and other lawmakers expressed their empathy on the death of the young and promising boy, Idowu Oguntuase who was killed during the incident.

The Speaker commiserated with the lawmaker representing Ilejemeje and the community over the killing and abduction of five people in the area as reported by Ilejemeje Lawmaker, Iyabode Okiemen.