Ekiti State government has confirmed the abduction of the Honorable Commissioner for Agriculture, Chief Folorunso Olabode, by suspected bandits at about 7:00 pm on Sunday, April 26, 2020 onhis way from Ado-Ekiti to his hometown in Iye-Ekiti, Ilejemeje LGA of the tate.
The Commissioner was attacked and abducted Sunday evening along Iludun- Isan road on their way to Isan, Governor Fayemi’s hometown.
The state Commissioner for Information and Values Orientation, Aare Muyiwa Olomilua in a statement explained that 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.,