Gunmen abduct traditional ruler in Ekiti

Benjamin Oso, a traditional ruler in Ekiti, has been abducted in Ekiti East LGA of the state.

NAN reports that the traditional ruler was returning from the farm with his wife on Friday when he was abducted.

Joe Komolafe, the commander of the Ekiti State Security Network code-named Amotekun, confirmed the kidnapping of the traditional ruler.

He said all the security outfits in Ekiti, including police, soldiers, Amotekun corps, local hunters, and vigilante groups were already in the forest searching for the traditional ruler.

Sunday Abutu, the Ekiti police spokesman, said the command was still studying the reports of the abduction.

According to NAN, the traditional ruler’s wife was spared because he begged the abductors to let her go.

“The Oba and the wife went to farm and were accosted by the gunmen,” NAN quoted a source as saying.

“The two would have been kidnapped but the monarch begged the bandits to free his wife, which they agreed with.”

Oso is the third traditional ruler to be attacked in similar circumstances in less than three months.