Kamarudeen Ogundele and Femi Makinde
Residents of Oke-Ako in Ekiti State were thrown into mourning on Saturday as some gunmen attacked and killed a prince of the town, Dare Ogunbiyi, in a hotel, Olainukan Hotel.
The hotel, located on Irele-Ekiti Road, Oke-Ako was owned by the deceased. He was a son of the town’s late king, Oba Omotayo Ogunbiyi.
An eyewitness, who gave his name as Dayo, said the gunmen caught the victim unawares while he was discussing with one of the hotel’s workers.
“The two men wore masks. When he (Ogunbiyi) saw the gunmen, he tried to run away but the assailants pursued him and shot him dead. The assailants later escaped into the bush.”
When contacted, the Police Public Relations Officer in Ekiti, Alberto Adeyemi, said he had been informed of the attack but was awaiting briefing from the divisional police officer.
Meanwhile, there was pandemonium at Orisunmibare Market area of Osogbo, the Osun State capital, on Saturday when a woman whose identity has yet to be confirmed, was shot and killed during a clash among hoodlums.
An eyewitness told our correspondent that the deceased was hit by a stray bullet as the hoodlums exchanged gunfire.
The incident caused traders, buyers and residents in the area to run away from the scene to avoid being caught in the crossfire.
An eyewitness, Saheed Mohammed, told SUNDAY PUNCH that the incident happened at about 9:50 am.
He said some policemen from Dugbe Police Station later came to remove the corpse of the woman.
Efforts to confirm the incident from the Police Public Relations Officer in Osun State, Mrs. Folashade Odoro, were unsuccessful as she did not reply to calls made to her telephone line or reply to the text message sent to her.
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