Pandemonium as Gunmen kill man in Ekiti

Tension gripped residents of Ajilosun area of Ado Ekiti, Ekiti State capital on Thursday, as unknown gunmen shot and killed unidentified man in the area. It was gathered from eyewitnesses that the incident occurred around 6.15am when the man, said to be driving along Ado-Ikere highway, was shot in front of the popular Tosin Aluko […]

Tension gripped residents of Ajilosun area of Ado Ekiti, Ekiti State capital on Thursday, as unknown gunmen shot and killed unidentified man in the area.

It was gathered from eyewitnesses that the incident occurred around 6.15am when the man, said to be driving along Ado-Ikere highway, was shot in front of the popular Tosin Aluko Motorpark at Ajilosun,.

Our correspondent observed that the deceased was shot in the head and stomach.

The corpse was yet to be removed as at 9am when journalists visited the scene.

He was later evacuated by the police at Ologede police station and taken to the morgue of the Ekiti State University Teaching Hospital, Ado Ekiti.

A source at the scene of the incident said: “The deceased was in the car and the vehicle conveying the gunmen hit his car at the back at that spot.

“The deceased then alighted from the car to complain over the reckless driving not knowing they were armed robbers and the daredevil bandits opened fire on him and he died immediately”.

The perpetrators were said to have left the scene on top speed.

The men of the National Union of Road Transport workers (NURTW), who reported for work had to flee the environment to avoid indiscriminate arrest by police.

When contacted, the Police Public Relations Officer, Ekiti command, DSP Caleb Ikechukwu confirmed the incident.

The police spokesman said: “We have got report about the killing and our men have swung into action.

“We are yet to know the identities of the deceased but investigation has begun into the killing”, he stated.