South-West Nigeria.
A Baptist Church cleric in Ikere Ekiti, Oladimeji
Gbolagade, has been reportedly shot dead by unidentified gunmen
while in transit to the town from a neighboring state.
The President of Ekiti Baptist Church, Reverend Adeyinka
Aribasoye in a telephone conversion with Channels Television said
the deceased was found dead on the road close to Ikere in his
personal car Friday Morning.
The senior clergy explained that report had reached him on
Thursday that the deceased could not be found after embarking on an
intended return journey.
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The Church leadership said the corpse has been deposited at a
General Hospital Morgue and the case reported at the police station
in a neighboring town.
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Ikere Ekiti has no functional police stations at the moment as
the facilities have been burnt down by hoodlums during the #ENDSARS
protests.
When contacted, the Police Public Relations Officer in Ekiti
State, Sunday Abutu said the incident has not been formally
reported at the Police Headquarters in Ado Ekiti the State
capital.
This incident is coming after unknown gunmen had also shot dead
a police officer in Ekiti State on Friday and abducted an
expatriate.