Kidnappers have attacked the Attah and Paramount Ruler of Aiyede Kingdom, Ekiti State, Oba Alhaji Abdul Mumini Adebayo Orishagbemi.
A statement issued by the monarch media aide, Prince Bashir Adefaka, said the royal father was attacked on Sunday night at about 9.30pm.
Adefaka said, ’Kabiyesi, whose security personnel provided by Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) were withdrawn recently for no given reason, was returning to Ijero Ekiti when he got accosted by the criminal elements, on a spot at between Isan and Iludun, in Ilejemeje Local Government Area of the state, ‘’the statement said.
“The gunmen opened fire on the SUV car during which one of the bullets that penetrated from the owner side of the vehicle hit the Kabiyesi on his left leg. He was rushed to a specialist hospital in Oye, Oye Ekiti Local Government and is now responding to treatment.”
