Ekiti Crisis Latest-Former NURTW Chairman Shot Dead

Aftermath of the crisis that engulfed Ekiti State in which a judge was beaten up, there has been a report of the shooting of the former National Union of Road Transport Workers Mr Omolafe Aderiye by unknown gunmen in Ijigbo area of Ado Ekiti.

Residents told SaharaReporters late evening that Aderiye was killed by unknown gunmen at Ijigbo area in Ado Ekiti.

He was on his way home when the gunmen numbering about four accosted and shot him at close range.

The late Aderiye was a staunch supporter of governor-elect, Ayodele Fayose and was part of the thugs taken by the governor elect to court to attack a state high court judge on Thursday morning.