A petrol dealer,Mr Adebayo Itakorode,has been abducted by gunmen at Isan Ekiti in Oye Local Government Area of Ekiti state.
The State Police Command Spokesman, Sunday Abutu, told newsmen on Friday in Ado- Ekiti that Itakorode was abducted late Thursday.
Abutu said gunmen, riding motorcycles stormed Prosperous Filling Station and opened gunfire sporadically before abducting Itakorode.
He stated that a team of police detectives, members of the Amotekun Corps and local hunters are on the trail of the kidnappers adding that “the command had also contacted all the states bordering Ekiti over the incident.”
Itakorode’s abduction is coming few weeks after another petrol dealer, and chieftain of the Independent Marketers Association of Nigeria Alhaji Suleiman Akinbami was kidnapped by gunmen in Ado Ekiti.
He was released in Kogi after paying ransom
