The Minister of Solid Minerals, Dele Alake, has urged security agencies to take action and ensure that the perpetrators of the killings of two traditional rulers in Ekiti State, Oba Olatunde Samuel Olusola and Oba David Babatunde Ogunsola, are brought to justice.
Alake made this call in a statement released on Tuesday, in which he also expressed his condemnation of the abduction of schoolchildren in Ekiti State.
He described the incident as regrettable and called on security personnel to swiftly apprehend those responsible. The two traditional leaders were killed on Monday by gunmen believed to be herders.
Allub Times reports that incident took place in the Ajoni Local Government Area of the state, between the towns of Oke-Ako and Ipao-Ekiti.
The statement read, “I received with deep sadness the report of yesterday’s killing of two traditional rulers in Ekiti State, the Onimojo of Imojo-Ekiti, Oba Olatunde Samuel Olusola, and the Elesun of Esun-Ekiti, Oba David Babatunde Ogunsola. I urge the security agencies to fish out the assailants and ensure they face the full wrath of the law until justice is served.
“The tragic incident, again, speaks to the challenges of insecurity in our country, which the President Tinubu-led administration is working very hard to surmount.
“On behalf of my family, I send our condolences to Governor Abiodun Oyebanji; the government and the people of Ekiti State, especially the families and subjects of our departed kings.
“While I strongly condemn this unfortunate incident, I urge the security agencies to fish out the assailants and ensure they face the full wrath of the law until justice is served.
“I call on the police high command and the Department of State Security to rescue the primary school pupils from Emure-Ekiti that were kidnapped on their way from school at Eporo-Ekiti.
“There is no doubt that this is a very distressing moment for the people of Ekiti State and Nigerians in general, but the Federal Government, under the leadership of President Bola Tinubu, will continue to work very hard to improve the security situation in our country.”
