A 49- year-old man, Abayomi Olukoju, has been killed by some suspected gunmen in Ajowa- Akoko, Akoko North West Local Government of Ondo State.
Olukoju was said to have been killed while trying to escape kidnap by unknown gunmen.
Sources revealed that the casualty was travelling on a motorbike on Ajowa-Akoko/ Akunnu Road when he ran into the gunmen. On sighting them, he jumped off his bike and took to his heels, but he was shot dead by the gunmen.
Sources disclosed that Olukoju was a staffer of Dangote Company and was on Monday returning to Obajana in Kogi State to resume duty when he was shot dead by the gunmen.
When Police and soldiers got wind of the development, they went to the scene of the incident and searched the nearby forest for the killers but to no avail.
One of the residents in the community, Soji Ogedengbe, stated that bandits usually invaded the border town from Kogi State.
He revealed that they killed residents of the community incessantly in the last couple of months.
Ogedengbe said the leadership of the community had put in place communal security measure to check criminal activities but to no avail.
He, therefore, appealed to all security agencies and Amotekun Corps in the state to come to their aid.
The Police Area Commander, Muri Agboola, an Assistant Commissioner of Police, confirmed the incident, saying the body of the casualty has been deposited in the morgue.
He disclosed that detectives from the command had been deployed to comb the forest to arrest the gunmen.
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