Ekiti State Governor, Kayode Fayemi, has confirmed the abduction of the state’s Commissioner for Agriculture, Folorunso Olabode, and one other person.
The commissioner and his entourage were said to have been accosted along the Isan Ekiti-Iludun Ekiti Road by suspected herdsmen on Sunday.
Fayemi confirmed the incident through the state’s Commissioner for Information, Muyiwa Olumilua.
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“We hereby confirm the abduction of the Commissioner for Agriculture, Chief Olabode, by suspected bandits.
“From initial reports, the kidnappers shot one person in his entourage, the driver of the vehicle in the ensuing fracas.
“Governor Kayode Fayemi has mandated the security agencies in the state to ensure the prompt and safe release, while assuring residents that adequate measures are ongoing, to maintain the peace and security of the state.”
The person shot by the armed suspects, a councillor with Ilejemeje council area, was said to have died on the spot.