EKITI STATE POLICE COMMAND
20/03/2021
PRESS RELEASE:
Today being 20/03/2021, some suspected thugs attacked ward 7 Unit 7 Iworo in Omuo Ekiti, shooting sporadically while eligible voters were casting their votes in a bye election of Ekiti State House of Assembly.
In the process, 6 people were injured, among them were two policemen and one National Youths Service Corp(NYSC) member who are currently receiving treatment in Ikole General Hospital.
The Command Operatives swung into action and arrested three(3) of the suspects.
The State Governor, DR JOHN KAYODE FAYEMI, has however, given a directive that all the suspects involved must be apprehended and brought to book.
The Ekiti State Commissioner of Police, CP TUNDE MOBAYO assures the general public that those involved shall be made to face the full wrath of the law, while enjoining everyone to be calm and avoid any form of apprehension.