The traditional ruler of Ewu Ekiti in Ilejemeje Local Government Area of Ekiti State, Adetutu Ajayi has been hospitalised after he was shot by gunmen.
He was shot Friday evening while in transit to a neighbouring town in Ido/Osi Local Government Area of the state.
Locals said the gunmen rained gunshots on the official car of the monarch but he escaped death but has since been hospitalised.
The attack on the monarch comes barely 24 hours after gunmen invaded a petrol station at Isan Ekiti in the same local government area and abducted the manager of the station, Itakorodo Adebayo, after sporadic gunshots.