Gunmen kill retired principal

Residents of Emure Ekiti community in Emure local government area of Ekiti state were on Thursday thrown into a state of panic when a retired principal, Mr. Femi Ayeni, was murdered by gunmen.

The incident occurred at about 10:30pm at his residence located along Ise road in the community.

A police source told journalists in Ado Ekiti on Friday that the gunmen had besieged the house with the aim of robbing the victim, but that he was killed in the process.

The man was said to have been found in the pool of his blood after being shot by the suspected robbers.

“The retired principal was murdered with a Dane gun. The case is under investigation at Emure Divisional Police Headquarters. The corpse of the victim had been taken to the morgue at Emure General Hospital,” the source stated.

The source said further that the commander of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), Mr. Marcus Ogundola, had led a team of operatives to the scene with a promise that the killers would be arrested.

“There were a lot of traces left behind by the killers that can easily facilitate their arrest. The SARS and other operatives promised that they will work on that and soon, they will get to the root of the matter.”

Efforts made to contact the police public relations officer, Mr. Sunday Abutu, were not successful as his mobile phone numbers were switched off.

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