Chairman of the Governing Board of the Federal University of Technology, Oye-Ekiti, Mr Kayode Ojo has condemned the rising wave of insecurity and the unwarranted killings in Ekiti State.
Speaking through his media aide, Deji Aiyelabowo, Ojo described the situation as senseless, scary, cruel, and barbaric.
He urged security agencies to do everything possible to fish out the real killers and make them face the wrath of the law.
The former All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship aspirant in the state said the “seeming helplessness of the Police in crime control and prevention is worrisome.”
He said the act was not only despicable but cowardly and unpatriotic.
According to him, he received the news of the brutal killings of three different residents of the State by some faceless and unpatriotic elements with rude shock.
“This despicable act must be condemned by all right-thinking Nigerians, not only Ekiti residents.
“No doubt, the few criminal elements in our society are looking for opportunities to discourage or create fear in the minds of the people in the State so that evils can flourish. We must not allow this,” he said.
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Ojo reiterated that people must not allow evil to flourish in society and called on the security agencies to rise to their responsibilities by exposing the evil elements from within.
“Let the community fish out the criminal elements who carried out these dastardly acts and hand them over to security agencies.
“The killers are human beings, who are supposed to be traceable. They are not spirits, hence, all efforts should be made by all who are supposed to do the needful.”
It will be recalled that three different souls were mowed down at different spots across Ado-Ekiti, the state capital a couple of days ago.
A commercial motorcycle ticketer was gunned down close to the Police Divisional Office at Okesha area, a POS operator was killed at the Adebayo area and another rice hawker was murdered close to the NSCDC office at the popular Oja-Oba Market at Okesha by yet-to be apprehended persons operating on a motorcycle.