by S’ola Filani

Armed men reportedly stormed the palace of the Edemo in Odo-Ado area of Ado-Ekiti, the Ekiti state capital yesterday.

They were reported to have shot sporadically into the air attacking people on sight.

Sunday, one of his sons, told journalists that he was with his father, Oba Aduloju, when the attack occurred, adding that they had to take refuge at Okesa Police Station.

He said: “We were going for a meeting when we saw over 40 armed men marching towards our place and by the time we were going back home, we heard sporadic gunshots coming from our compound.

“I had to take my father to Okesa Police Station where we slept.”

He alleged that the incident was unconnected with the refusal of his father to trade the family land in Ago Aduloju, Ado-Ikare Road.

According to him, in the early hours of Thursday, the said armed men still came to their house and he and his father sneaked out to report at the police headquarters in Ado-Ekiti.

Eye witnesses narrated how a lot of people were attacked in the vicinity, during which police men around were allegedly not spared while the pandemonium lasted.