Narrates mysterious escape experience
One of the traditional rulers in Ekiti State that escaped assassination by assailants, Alara of Ara in Ikole-Ekiti, Oba Sunday Fatoba, yesterday, narrated how he escaped when two of his colleagues were killed.
Fatoba, who spoke during a Yoruba security summit convened by Ooni of Ife, Oba Enitan Ogunwusi, in Ile-Ife, Osun State, to address security and other challenges battling the South-West region, said nine hefty men with guns unleashed mayhem on him and two others, including the Elesun of Esun-Ekiti, Oba David Babatunde Ogunsakin and the Olumojo of Imojo-Ekiti, Oba Samuel Olusola.
He said that while Elesun and Olumojo were killed in the attack, he mysteriously escaped from the scene to bring back help from the nearest communities.
The traditional ruler said that the attackers wanted to kill them and not to abduct, but bullets shot at him could not penetrate his body. He said: “Our attackers did not attempt to kidnap us but to kill the three of us in the car. We went for a security meeting with the monarch of Koro-Ekiti who was killed a few days after the attack on us. We created a special security team among the communities to curtail the rising insecurity because of our proximity to the North.
“While we were returning on that day, six hefty men emerged from the bush with guns and cutlasses and started shooting at us immediately. Their intention was not to kidnap anyone but to kill us all. One of them started attacking me with cutlass but it did not have any effect.
“Then another one started shooting at me with a pump action gun and it had no effect. While they picked a large plank to smash it on my head, I had to leave the scene with the help of my….. Well, I just escaped to bring back help. But before I returned with the vigilante group, they had killed my colleagues and escaped.
“The Elesun is not a weak monarch. I know him too sure, but those who attacked us had their plans well marshalled. He was attacked with an AK-47 rifle and cutlass several times and his body was shot several times too.”
