Gunmen abduct pregnant woman, four others in Ekiti

Kayode Adegbile, Ado- Ekiti

Unknown gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have abducted a pregnant woman and four others in Ado Ekiti, the Ekiti State capital.

According to investigation, the incident happened on Tuesday night at the Ajebandele area along Ado-Ikere road in Ado Ekiti.

The kidnappers stormed the Ajebandele area with sophisticated weapons and were said to have shot sporadically, causing pandemonium as residents scampered for safety.

The road linking Ado and Ikere were blocked at the time of filing this report as residents were protesting the spate of kidnaping of their people by the bandits.

Meanwhile, the commercial motorists in Ekiti State have raised the alarm over the state of roads in the state that are no longer safe for both travellers and drivers for fear of attack by kidnappers.

The motorists lamented that several drivers and travellers had been kidnapped on the Ekiti roads as they appealed to the state government to rising tackle insecurity.

Some of the motorists, told Newsclickng.com that all the roads in the state had become a dark spots for travellers.

They said several people had been kidnapped on the road allegedly by gunmen in the last two months, while huge ransoms had been paid to secure their release.

Details later…