Gunmen suspected to be bandits have kidnapped a four-year-old boy as his father managed to escape in the Oye Local Government area of Ekiti.
Newsflash Nigeria gathered that the incident happened on Friday evening on Itaji/Ijelu-Ekiti Road.
The name of the boy who was abducted by gunmen was identified as Oluwadarasimi Omojola was returning from Ayede-Ekiti with his father, Boluwaji Omojola, who managed to escape, after sustaining severe cutlass injuries from the abductors.
The traditional ruler of the community, Owajumu of Omu-Ekiti, Oba Gabriel Ogundeyi, confirmed the incident to newsmen on Saturday.
The monarch said the incident happened at about 6.00 p.m. on Friday.
The traditional ruler explained that the injured farmer was currently receiving medical attention at an undisclosed facility.
Mr Ogundeyi said that security operatives and local hunters had since been mobilised to go after the kidnappers to rescue the boy.
