Pandemonium In Ekiti As Armed Men Storm Neighbourhood, Shoot Popular PoS Operator, Cart Away Money; See What Happened Next
A Point of Sale (POS) operator was murdered in cold blood by a group of armed men on Thursday, 20th June 2024 in the Ado Ekiti, the capital city of Ekiti State, near the teaching hospital.
On the same day, in the Oja Bisi neighbourhood of the state capital, the attackers also shot and killed a wheelbarrow pusher who was peddling rice.
Following the information obtained by local news reporters, the assailants murdered the PoS operator and carted away his money and other items after approaching him with a motorcycle. The source, who was familiar with the unfortunate occurrence, recounted that, “the PoS operator had just arrived for the day’s business when the gunmen attacked him and left him in a pool of his blood”.
The PoS operator’s body was quickly taken and rushed to the hospital by the police officers who came on the scene a short time later, as continued by the source, the rice vendor in the marketplace was gunned down and killed by the same assailants riding a motorcycle.
More terrifyingly, another source disclosed that, “traders were shocked and had to flee for safety. The development forced traders and passersby to flee for safety”.
The Ekiti Police Command Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Sunday Abutu, who verified the gruesome incidents, reported that, Immediately we got the information, we deployed our men to the scenes, the body of the victims had been recovered to the morgue”.
“The Commissioner of Police, Ekiti State Command, Mr Adeniran Akinwale, has ordered an investigation into the incidents so that those who perpetrated the incidents can be brought to book”, he added.
In conclusion, inhabitants of the area are currently living in fear as a result of the unforeseen and unexpected outcome of events as many blamed the incident on the low level of security while lamenting that criminals are now bold to carry out their nefarious deeds even in broad daylight as many others pleaded with the security authorities not to allow the case be swept under the carpet but do everything humanly possible to make sure that the perpetrators are hunted down and brought to book. News Source;