The hoodlums, who stormed the home of the monarch in the early hours of Sunday, shot sporadically causing panic in the community as villagers, including the monarch's family fled into bushes for their safety.
The Nigeria Police Force has deployed helicopter and armoured personnel carriers to Ekiti State following the recent killing of two first class traditional rulers. The Inspector General of Police, IGP, Kayode Egbetokun made this known on Thursday, when Ekiti
N40 million ransom has being demanded by the abductors of the Laragunsin of Iyasan, Oba Abiodun Oyewunmi. It will be recalled that the Oba was abducted on Monday in the presence of his son, Folarin Oyewunmi. The kidnappers have now started communicating yesterday
A son of the monarch, Saheed Oseni, told our correspondent that the family could not raise the huge ransom. He urged the state government to assist them urgently as the monarch's health might be deteriorating.
Nothing was heard from the abductors of the 73-year-old monarch for six days after his abduction, until Friday, fuelling speculations about what could have happened to the monarch.
The gunmen were said to have stormed the palace at about 9 pm and after killing the monarch, they whisking away his wife, her adopted daughter and one other.
SUNDAY PUNCH learnt that the police had allegedly invited the monarch who is also the Chairman of Barako Council of Traditional Rulers for a peace talk with chiefs from Nwebiara.
It was gathered that the monarch had attended the flag-off of the distribution of food items to vylnerable groups by the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr. Isa Pantami, on Saturday in Gombe.
In an interview with newsmen, the arrested monarch denied the accusations, insisting that he never committed such an offence, claiming rather that he had a dispute with the mother of the said victim over a debt.