NSCDC Officer Killed, 3 Family Members Kidnapped In Ekiti

Segun Ayebulu, an officer with the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), was shot and killed by assailants on the Oke-Ako/Ajowa Road in the Ekiti Local Government Area.

NSCDC Officer Killed, 3 Family Members Kidnapped In Ekiti

In Ekiti, the NSCDC Public Relations Officer, Mr. Tolu Afolabi, confirmed the incident on Sunday and stated that further inquiries were being made in order to identify and apprehend those responsible.

He said:-

“One of our officers was shot dead yesterday on his way from Ado-Ekiti to his home town while others were kidnapped by gunmen.

“The officer who was travelling from Ado-Ekiti to his hometown wasattacked in his vehicle and shot dead while the gunmen kidnapped his younger brother and two children with him in the car. A source said hunters in the neighbouring communities had started combing the bush for possible arrest of the gunmen.

The Regent of Oke Ako, Princess Tinuade Ogunbiyi, said she got the information that somebody was shot dead on the road while others were kidnapped, saying it was the same thing repeating itself on a daily basis.

Condemning the killing, the lawmaker representing Ikole Constituency 2 inEkiti State House of Assembly, Adeoye Aribasoye, said the attack was callous and wicked.

Aribasoye called on the federal government to accede to the request of Nigerians for the creation of state police to tackle all manners of senseless killings being perpetrated by criminalsat the grassroots level.