Gunmen in Ekiti kidnap pupils, teachers, school bus driver hours after killing 2 monarchs
Story from Jamila Yunusa SULEIMAN, Abuja
Gunmen have yet again launched an attack in Ekiti State on Monday night and kidnapped six pupils, three teachers and a school bus driver of a private school.
Neptune Prime gathered that the victims were kidnapped in Emure – Ekiti area on their way returning from Eporo-Ekiti.
The abduction was confirmed in a statement issued by the Ekiti State Government on Tuesday.
The statement from the Ekiti State Government read, “The Ekiti State Governor, Mr Biodun Oyebanji has urged the citizens of the state not to despair over Monday’s kidnapping of some school pupils and their teachers in Emure- Ekiti, assuring that efforts are on to get the children and their teachers rescued.’’
The Ekiti State Governor, Mr Biodun Oyebanji, has urged the citizens of the state not to despair over Monday’s kidnapping of some school pupils and their teachers in Emure- Ekiti, assuring that efforts are on to get the children and their teachers rescued.
It quoted Governor Biodun Oyebanji as describing the kidnap as callous, and unacceptable, saying nothing would be spared in the efforts to rescue the victims.
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The Ekiti Government said, “Security agencies in the state are already on the trail of the abductors with a mandate to bring the pupils back home safely.
“Governor Oyebanji said security is being stepped up across the state with a view to flushing out criminal elements from their hideouts.
“While calling on the citizens to remain calm and vigilant, he urged them to cooperate with security agencies, by making available relevant information to the authorities,” the statement said.
The attack happens hours after kidnappers ambushed and killed two traditional rulers in Ekiti State on their way back from a security meeting at Irele-Ekiti.
It was revealed that while the Elesun of Esun-Ekiti, Oba David Babatunde Ogunsakin, and the Onimojo of Imojo-Ekiti, Oba Olatunde Samuel Olushola, were ambushed and killed by the gunmen on Monday, the Alara of Ara-Ekiti, Oba Adebayo Fatoba, miraculously escaped from the scene of the killing.
Speaking about the unfortunate attack, the secretary of Majority Obas of Ekiti Land (MOBEL) and Onikun of Ikun-Ekiti, Oba Olatunde David Olushola, condemned the killing of the traditional rulers, saying the time had come for the government to localise security system in order to address the growing insecurity in the land.
