Gunmen suspected to be herdsmen killed two conventional rulers in Ekiti State on Monday.
The incident is claimed to have occurred between Oke-Ako and Ipao-Ekiti in Ajoni Native Authorities Space of the state.
The duo – Onimojo of Imojo Ekiti in Oye Native Authorities Space and Elesun of Esun Ekiti in Ajoni, Ikole Native Authorities Space of Ekiti State, had been attacked by the gunmen whereas coming back from a gathering.
Sources, in accordance with Oodua Information, disclosed that one other monarch, Alara of Ara in Ikole LG, nonetheless, narrowly escaped when the gunmen accosted them and tried to forcibly take them away.
“They had been touring collectively. The armed herdsmen stopped them and rained bullets on them. They took their private belongings and dragged their our bodies into the bush,” Oodua Information quoted a supply as saying.
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