Gunmen open fire on passengers, kill two, abduct others

The gunmen abducted an unspecified number of other passengers.

The incident happened on June 4 on Obbo-Aiyegunle-Osi Road in Ekiti local government area of the state.

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he gunmen were said to have shot into the vehicle, killing  the driver and a woman, it was said.

Police spokesman Ajayi Okasanmi said policemen, vigilantes, local hunters and available members of sister agencies were on the scene to rescue the victims.

“Bodies of the dead were retrieved and deposited at Carosi Hospital mortuary for autopsy,” said, adding that the state Commissioner of police Tuesday Assayomo had ordered  a manhunt for the perpetrators.

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