Some gunmen suspected to be herdsmen last night invaded the palace of a traditional ruler of Koro town in Ekiti Local Government Area (LGA) of Kwara State, killing the monarch and abducted his wife.
Sources in the town said the incident took place at about 9:30pm.
The gruesome murder of the monarch Oba Segun Aremu-Cole, a retired General in the Nigerian Army, threw the town into panic.
The Kwara State Police Command said it could not confirm the incident as at 11pm.