Ekiti Govt Debunks Viral Video, Clears The Air Over Continued Attacks On Residents

The Ekiti State Government has denied reported claims of subsisting attacks on residents by unknown gunmen, resulting in multiple deaths.

Following Monday’s attack on three traditional rulers by suspected bandits, resulting in the demise of two, a viral video suggested that numerous lives had been lost in the state to similar attacks prior to this incident.

The viral video is that of a woman who was speaking during Governor Biodun Oyebanji‘s visit to the family of one of the late traditional rulers.

However, while reacting to the viral video in a statement on Friday by the state’s Commissioner for Information, Taiwo Olatunbosun, denied that there has been similar attacks in recent past as alleged in video.

The woman had alleged that marauding Fulani herdsmen had been killing the villagers before now and the government did nothing about the situation.

Mr Olatunbosun said the allegations were borne out of emotions following the killing of the traditional rulers, adding that no such attacks had occured in the state in the last one and a half years.

He noted that the recent attacks is a reflection of the security situation in the country.

He, however, assured that efforts were on by the security apparatus in the state to ensure there is no recurrence of the Monday incident.