Gunmen kill ticket collector in Ekiti

Gunmen on Tuesday killed a ticket collector in Ekiti State.

Eyewitnesses told journalists that the man was issuing tickets to commercial motorcyclists near the Oke Isa Roundabout in Ado-Ekiti when he was shot dead by the assailants.

The hoodlums fled from the scene after the incident.

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The spokesman for the Ekiti State Police Command, Sunday Abutu, confirmed the incident.

He said the command has commenced an investigation into the killing.

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