Gunmen have kidnapped the Commissioner for Agriculture in Ekiti State, Folorunso Olabode.

Confirming the incident in a statement issued on Sunday, the Commissioner for Information and Values Orientation, Muyiwa Olumilua, said the gunmen are suspected to be bandits.

According to him, the victim was abducted “at about 7:00 pm on Sunday, April 26, 2020, on his way from Ado-Ekiti to his hometown in Iye-Ekiti, Ilejemeje LGA of Ekiti State.”

Olumilua explained that the kidnappers shot one person in his entourage, the driver of the vehicle, a serving Councillor before taking the commissioner away.

Stressing further, he noted that Governor Kayode Fayemi has ordered the security agencies in the state to ensure the prompt release of the Commissioner and others held in captivity.

The governor also assured residents that adequate measures are ongoing, to maintain the peace and security of the state, promising to bring the perpetrators to book.

Meanwhile, the Commissioner for Police in the state, Amba Asuquo, said a team has already been dispatched, and is on the trail of the abductors, with a view to securing his release.