One killed in Ekiti violence

Violence broke out in Erijiyan Ekiti in Ekiti West Local Government Area on Saturday night as hoodlums shot dead a man identified as Mr. Ayo Jeje in front of his house. The deceased was said to be one of the members of the Action Congress of Nigeria, who were scheduled to defect to the Peoples Democratic Party on Sunday. Our correspondent gathered that an elderly woman and another man were shot and injured by the hoodlums, who unleashed terror on the community. The hoodlums were also said to have vandalised houses and vehicles of members of PDP in the community. A PDP member, Dr. Emmanuel Fasanu, told our correspondent on the telephone on Sunday that his vehicle and those belonging to other PDP members were also vandalised by the hoodlums. Fasanu alleged that the killing and the destruction were carried out by hoodlums allegedly hired by ACN to disrupt the planned defection of thousands of members of the ruling party to PDP. Chairman of PDP in the state, Mr. Makanjuola Ogundipe, in a statement by his media aide, Mr. Femi Omolusi, claimed that Jeje, Adewumi and others were attacked “where they were meeting to fine-tune their preparation for a programme, during which Mr. Segun Adewumi wants to lead over 1,000 members of ACN to PDP.” Ogundipe charged the police to arrest the killers of Jeje and those who unleashed terror on the community.