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Ekiti State Police Coommand has disclosed that there was a gun attack on travellers in the state on Friday night.
The command’s spokesman, ASP Sunday Abutu, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ado-Ekiti on Saturday that the gunmen shot the driver of the vehicle, a LEXUS 330 SUV, dead.
He said the gunmen also took the two other occupants of the vehicle away.
The attack, according to Abutu, took place between Ewu-Ekiti and Aiyetoro-Ekiti, neighbouring communities in Ilejemeje and Ido/Osi Local Government Areas of Ekiti State.
He said that police, in conjunction with local hunters and operatives of Amotekun Corps, were already combing the forest around the area to rescue the victims and arrest the gunmen.
Eyewitnesses, however, said that there were five occupants in the vehicle and they were attacked by suspected herdsmen while returning from a social function in the area.
The eyewitnesses also confirmed that the driver was shot dead and the other occupants of the vehicle were abducted.
The vehicle, with registration number LAGOS KRD 264 GV, was left at the scene facing the bush without only the dead person inside it.
The identities of the victims had not been ascertained at the time of filing this report.