Some unidentified gunmen on Friday shot dead a police officer in Ekiti State and abducted an expatriate.
Another expatriate is also said to have sustained a gunshot wound.
The Police Public Relations Officer in the State, Sunday Abutu confirmed that the incident took place earlier this evening along an inter-town road under construction in Ado Ekiti the state capital.
The Chinese, simply identified as Wang, was one of the Engineers handling the dualisation of the new Ado-Iyin road awarded to a Chinese Company by Governor Kayode Fayemi.
Also, apart from the police officer, Abutu said one other person was shot at the scene of the incident, who has not been confirmed dead.
He said: “it is confirmed that a kidnapping incident occurred today at about 4:30pm along new iyin road.“During the incident, one civilian, an expatriate, was kidnapped, one shot, while one policeman was shot dead.
“Our operatives are already combing the bush for possible apprehension of the perpetrators”.
The police spokesman added that the Ekiti State Commissioner of Police, Babatunde Mobayo, enjoined everyone to be calm and avoid any form of apprehension as the Command will do everything possible to rescue the victim and arrest the culprits.
He said the police have put machinery in motion to ensure the rescue of the abducted expatriate and bring all culprits involved in the killing to book.
The killing is the latest in a series of violent crimes being recorded across the country.
