Accident claims 2 in Ekiti, as gunmen kill woman
Two persons, whose identities have not been ascertained were on Thursday crushed to death by a vehicle in Ado Ekiti, the Ekiti state capital.
The casualties in the road carnage, which occurred under the flyover located between Okesa and Fajuyi Park involved a commercial motorcycle rider and his passenger.
This came barely 24 hours after a woman, Sefiat Useni, who lived at lyin Ekiti in Irepodun /Ifelodun Local Government Area of the state, was killed inside her room in mysterious circumstances.
The Police Public Relations Officer, Ekiti state Command, Mr. Sunday Abutu, who confirmed this to journalists on Thursday, said the accident occurred at the junction linking the old governor’s office, Okeyinmi and Stadium Road.
He said a Toyota Camry car had at that spot rammed into a commercial motorcycle and overran it, leading to the death of the victims.
Abutu disclosed that the passenger died on the spot while the motorcyclist died while receiving medicare at the accident and emergency section of the Ekiti state University Teaching Hospital (EKSUTH).
“The vehicle overran the two of them and they lost their lives. However, the corpses had been deposited in the EKSUTH’s morgue.
“We are still investigating the cause of the accident and we charge road users to always exercise caution and watch their actions while driving or riding on highways,” he added.
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Meanwhile, the dead Shefiat Useni, who lived at Oketoro area of Iyin Ekiti, was alleged to have been gruesomely murdered inside her room.
It was gathered that the deceased was hit in the head with a pestle and she died on her bed, as a result of the severe head injury she sustained.
The death had caused violent protests on Wednesday at Iyin Ekiti, as Ebira people and the deceased’s kinsmen, and women demanded that a man arrested in connection with the murder should be handed over to them for possible jungle justice.
The police spokesman confirmed that the woman was murdered in cold-blood and the cause of death is being thoroughly investigated by the police.
“We have arrested a suspect in respect of this murder and he is being detained at the CID section,” he said.
