Priscilla Ofunre, Ado-Ekiti
The Ekiti State Government has confirmed the kidnap of the state’s Commissioner for Agriculture, Chief Folorunso Olabode, by suspected bandits.
The commissioner was believed to have been abducted at about 7:00pm, on Sunday, April 26, 2020, on his way from Ado-Ekiti to his hometown in Iye-Ekiti, Ilejemeje council of Ekiti State.
This was made known in a statement released by the Hon. Commissioner for Information, Aare Miyiwa Olumilua, on Sunday evening.
The statement read, “From initial reports, the kidnappers shot one person in his entourage, the driver of the vehicle, a serving Councillor, in the ensuing fracas.
“Governor Kayode Fayemi has mandated the security agencies in the State to ensure their prompt and safe release, while assuring residents that adequate measures are ongoing, to maintain the peace and security of the State. He promised that all perpetrators of this and any crime will be brought to book.
“The Commissioner for Police in Ekiti State, Amba Asuquo, has confirmed that a team has already been dispatched, and are on the trail of the abductors, with a view to securing their release.”
