Police launch manhunt for killers of Ekiti high chief

Men of the Ekiti State Police Command have launched a manhunt for the killers of an Ekiti high chief who was reportedly murdered at his farm located at a neighbouring town, Oke-Oro, also in Ijero Ekiti LGA.

The police confirmed the death of the senior traditional chief in the Ijero Ekiti Local Government Area of the state, Adewole Ajayi and are out to seek the killers and their motive for the murder.

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The death of the Ekiti high chief was confirmed by Caleb Ikechukwu, the Police Public Relations Officer,who said, “I can confirm to you that the suspect was earlier reported for stealing from farms.

”We were reliably informed that he indeed went to the farm to steal the deceased’s yams and, in an attempt to get him apprehended, he shot him in the hip with the Dane gun he was carrying,” he added.

 

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