Former Ekiti Deputy Speaker Escapes Death

Unknown gunmen suspected to be assassins on Tuesday, July 2 allegedly besieged the Erinjiyan-Ekiti home of a former Ekiti House of Assembly deputy speaker, Olusegun Adewumi.

Report have it that the gunmen forced their way into the residence of the man, but met his absence.

Family sources revealed that Adewumi travelled to Canada with his family when the attack took place.

The gardener in charge of the residence, who was not around when the incident happened, said the assailants were after the former lawmaker because no property was carted away.

He explained that people called him to tell him about the incident.

According to him: “I was in Aramoko when I received a call from someone living close to honourable’s house that I should come at dawn to Erinjiyan.

“Not quite long, I received calls from two different people, who were known to me. And I rushed down to Erinjiyan at dawn to check. When I got there, I could see traces of the entry, but no property was carted away.

“They were said to be fully armed, asking about the honourable. They were quoted to have said ‘the stupid guy is not in Ado and still nowhere to be in his hometown, Erijiyan’.”

Spokesman for the Ekiti state police command, Caleb Ikechukwu, a deputy superintendent of police, said the command has not been briefed about the incident.

Recall that on March 30, 2013, some bandits attacked the former deputy speaker’s residence in Erinjiyan, where his mother, Mrs. Juliana Adewumi and his aide, Mr. Ayo Jeje (a.k.a. Murphy), were murdered.