Unknown Gunmen Kill Cleric In Ekiti

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gunmen have shot dead a cleric, Revd Johnson Oladimeji, along Igbara- Odo- Ikere- Ekiti Road in Ikere Local Council of Ekiti State.

Oladimeji, a presiding cleric of Solution Baptist Church, Ikere- Ekiti was reportedly killed along the road by the gunmen suspected to be kidnappers around 5.00p. m., when he was returning to his base after an official assignment in Osun State.

A source in his church, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the family members launched a search for the pastor on Friday before his corpse was found in his car, along the road with gunshot wounds.

The source said: “The pastor was returning from Osun State on Thursday evening and decided to make use of the Igbara- Odo route to Ikere- Ekiti, when he was ambushed and shot dead by gunmen in the evening.

“After series of calls to his phone numbers with no response, members of the church decided to start searching for him and he was found dead this evening ( Friday) in his car along the road, close to the University of Education and Technology in Ikere- Ekiti.”

According to the source, the incident was reported at the Igbara- Odo Police Station before his corpse was evacuated to the morgue. Confirming the killing, the President of Ekiti Baptist Church, Revd Adeyinka Aribasoye, said the deceased had travelled to see his mother at Ipetu Ijesa in Osun State and was returning from the journey, when the incident occurred.