Thursday 13 June 2013

Former Ekiti State Gov. Ayo Fayose escapes assassination

The former governor of Ekiti State, Ayo Fayose escaped assassination attempt made on his life on Tuesday night around 9pm on Ado Ekiti- Afao Road when his car was shot by unknown gunmen.

According to report made available, the former governor was returning from Ado Ekiti to his hometown in Afao when some suspected assassins started trailing his car with a white Hilux van with a green registration number close to Fayose Housing Estate.

The driver suspecting that the van was trailing them alerted his boss who was the only occupant with him in the car.

The driver according to report immediately incerased the car's speed and when the assassins saw that they could not meet up with the car they shot at the former governors car.

They how ever turned back after in the course of the chase seeing that the governor has arrived his hometown in Afao, Ekiti State.

Fayose who has plann to contest for the governorship of Ekiti State in 2014, claimed to have received a call from someone who identified himself has Solar; a life waster, had told  Fayose to exect a tough time ahead of 2014 election. The Ex-governor however did not make much of the threat.

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