Insecurity
Gunmen Invade Former Senator’s Farm, Kill One In Kwara
The kidnappers were said to have abandoned the driver who had been injured in his leg and pursued the motorcyclists
Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have shot one person to dead following an attack on a farm owned by former Senator, Simeon Suleiman Ajibola.
The deceased has been identified as the farm’s supervisor, Biodun Ajibola. He is also said to be a relative of the erstwhile legislator who represented Kwara South in the seventh National Assembly.
It was gathered that the kidnappers’ move to whisk away one Felix Segun Adeleye, who is the driver attached to the supervisor of the farms, failed after they sighted some motorcyclists coming in their direction.
The kidnappers were said to have abandoned the driver who had been injured in his leg and pursued the motorcyclists. It is not clear if the kidnappers eventually abducted the motorcyclists after giving them a hot chase.
“Thank God that Senator Simeon Ajibola was not around. Perhaps they intended to take him away. But the supervisor in charge of the farms was not lucky as he was killed when the kidnappers invaded the farms.
“Senator Ajibola’s driver attached to the late supervisor was wounded and he is currently in the hospital in Ilorin receiving treatment. The driver told me that they attempted to take him away after killing the supervisor of the farms. But that they abandoned him when they saw some motorcyclists and faced them”.
The incident was reported at Osi Police Divisional Headquarters in Ekiti Local Government Area, after which the remains of Ajibola were evacuated.
Meanwhile, the Kwara police spokesman Ajayi Okasanmi who confirmed the incident, said the security operatives are on the trail of the hoodlums.
