Gunmen kill pastor in Ekiti

Gunmen on Saturday killed a pastor identified as Kayode Ogunleye in Ekiti State.

Family sources told journalists on Sunday that Ogunleye, who was a pastor with All Christian Fellowship Church, was shot dead in his farm along the Aramoko-Ijero-Ekiti highway in Ekiti.

The deceased also worked with the Ekiti West local government area of the state before his untimely death.

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The spokesman of the state police command, Sunday Abutu, confirmed the incident.

He said the police had commenced investigations into the incident.

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