TENSION IN EKITI AS GUNMEN KILL MAN IN BROAD DAYLIGHT

Two unidentified masked gunmen have reportedly killed a young man (name withheld) in Irona area of Ado-Ekiti on Thursday.

According to eye witness account, the gunmen, who wore black waylayed the car (Corolla) of the deceased and shot severally at his windscreen.

The gunmen then dragged him on the floor before shooting him on the chest.

The attack instigated tension as the killers shot sporadically in the air making traders, commuters and passers-by to scamper for safety.

The gunmen were said to have carried a sack suspected to be filled with money in the car and sped off with their own car.

One man who craved anonymity said the man already knew he was being pursued as he tried to manoeuvre the roundabout in haste but was held down by traffic congestion.

At the moment, his body has been taken from the crime scene by men of the Ekiti State Police Command.

When contacted, the spokesman for Ekiti State Police Command, DSP Sunday Abutu promised to get back on the matter.