From Priscilla Ediare, Ado-Ekiti
Gunmen, in the wee hours of yesterday, raided Eti- Ero farmstead in Ilasa Ekiti, Ekiti East Local Government Area of Ekiti State and kidnapped four persons.
An eyewitness said the gunmen came at about 1:30am to the farmstead and ransacked houses.
Sources had it that a child, believed to be a Yoruba person, and three Ebira farmers, were kidnapped and taken to an unknown destination.
The source said: “The gunmen came around 1.30am and started shooting sporadically. The gunshots generated a lot of panic and some brave people among them had to rush out of their buildings and fled into the bush.
“As they were shooting, they were searching all the buildings and, in the course of doing the searching, they got hold of a child confirmed to be less than 10 years old and three others who were farmers.
“They have been taken to an unknown destination and no one has been contacted as of now,” he stated.
When contacted, the Police Public Relations Officer, Ekiti Command, ASP Sunday Abutu, said two persons were abducted and not four.
“Even the police have rescued one of the captives from the abductors and one person had been arrested in connection with the midnight raid.
“Our men are searching the bushes for the only person in their custody.
“We assure the people of Ekiti State that we will get him rescued and the culprits will be arrested to face justice,” Abutu said.