The Eleda of Eda-Ile, Ekiti-East Local Government Area of Ekiti State, Oba Benjamin Oso has been kidnapped by unknown gunmen.
According to reports, the monarch was kidnapped in the presence of his wife at their farm at Eda-Ile on Friday evening.
The incident comes barely after two months after the Obaadu of Ilemeso, in Oye local government, Oba David Oyewumi, was abducted.
A source, who craved anonymity, told journalists in Ado Ekiti, the state capital, on Saturday, that the monarch and the wife would have been kidnapped, but for pleas by the traditional ruler.
“The Oba and his wife went to the farm and were accosted by these gunmen. The two would have been kidnapped, but the monarch begged the bandits to free his wife, which they agreed with”, he said.
The Commander of the Ekiti State Security Network, codenamed Amotekun, Brig Joe Komolafe, confirmed the abduction.
Akomolafe said all the security outfits in Ekiti, including police, soldiers, Amotekun corps, local hunters and vigilance groups are already in the forests searching for the monarch.
