Ado-Ekiti — Following the alleged murder of a cocoa merchant in Ilawe-Ekiti in Ekiti State on Saturday by yet-to-be identified killers, some parents yesterday besieged primary schools in the community to withdraw their children/ wards home, saying the atmosphere was no longer safe.
Our correspondent reports that farmers also avoided their farms because of fear. Daily Trust gathered that when journalists visited Ilawe community, some primary school pupils were seen returning home before the usual closing hour.
...
AllAfrica Subscription Content
You must be an allAfrica.com subscriber for full access to certain content.
You have selected an article from the AllAfrica archive, which requires a subscription. You can subscribe by visiting our subscription page. Or for more information about becoming a subscriber, you can read our subscription and contribution overview.
For information about our premium subscription services:
You can also freely access - without a subscription - hundreds of today's top Africa stories and thousands of recent news articles from our home page »
Already a subscriber? Sign in for full access to article