Persons believed to be gunmen have killed the traditional ruler of Ahungha Village, Agamo Area, in Akure North council area of Ondo state, Oba Kehinde Jacob Falodun.
According to a family source, no fewer than 10 gunmen invaded the palace at about 7:10pm on Wednesday, Feb. 18, in an attempt to abduct the monarch.
The monarch put up a fight and they shot him several times but the bullets didn’t penetrate his body.
He was said to have been taken out of the palace and a hard object was used to hit him on the head.
His dead body was discovered later by his family members after his assailants had fled the scene.
The wife of the monarch, confirmed that the gunmen came through ltaogbolu axis and were speaking Hausa language.
“They k!lled my husband in my presence,” she said.
The state police command through its spokesperson, DSP Jimoh Abayomi, confirmed the killing of the monarch, and said in Akure that the information was received at the Division at about 7:50 p.m. from a community leader, High Chief Ajewole Clement of New Town, Itaogbolu, that six armed men stormed the residence of the monarch, forcibly took him from his compound, and subsequently fled the scene.