Two men died at about last night at Aiyetoro-Ekiti in Ijero Local government Area of Ekiti state. The middle-aged men had been celebrating the Tribunal ruling that returned Dr. Kayode Fayemi as the Governor of the state.
A witness, Tola Ogunlolu, said the two men were riding on high speed when they fell off their motorcycle and died on the spot. Efforts by onlookers to revive them failed, and on reaching the general hospital they were confirmed dead.
A nurse at the hospital, who pleaded anonymity, told the News Agency of Nigeria that the corpses had been deposited at the hospital mortuary.
In a related incident, four persons who sustained various injuries during the celebration in Ado-Ekiti on Friday were treated at the University of Ado-Ekiti Teaching Hospital and discharged.
Hospital sources said the victims were discharged late in the night following the ongoing strike by doctors in the hospital.
Meanwhile, celebrations of Dr. Fayemi's victory have continued in major towns of the state, such as Ikole-Ekiti, Ikere-Ekiti, Ode-Ekiti, Omuo-Ekiti, Emure-Ekiti, Efon-Alaaye, Okemesi-Ekiti and Oye-Ekiti, among others.
At Isan-Ekiti, the hometown of Fayemi, the people hosted all night parties celebrating the emergence of their son as the new governor of the state. However, most residents of Ifaki-Ekiti, the home of Mr Segun Oni, who lost the hearing, stayed indoors upon hearing about the removal of their kinsman as governor.
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