2 October 2026 · Ado-Ekiti
Murder in Ekiti
OpenWatch has recorded 29 reported murder incidents in Ekiti State, 5 of them in the last 12 months. That is 5% of every incident recorded in the state, and ranks it 20 of 30 among the states where murder is reported often enough to profile.
Incidents · 12 mo
5
Fatalities · 12 mo
4
Incidents · all-time
29
Fatalities · all-time
31
Latest reported murder in Ekiti
14 September 2026 · Ado Ekiti
Land dispute assault, abduction ends in death in Ado Ekiti
14 September 2026 · Afao-Ekiti
Man abducted, killed over land dispute in Afao-Ekiti
10 September 2026
Meat seller allegedly hacks wife to death
7 September 2026 · Ado-Ekiti
Man stabbed with bottle in Ado-Ekiti
17 October 2024 · Ekiti West
The decomposing bodies of three murdered teenage girls were discovered in a forest in Aramoko-Ekiti, allegedly killed by a suspected serial killer who has been arrested. The remains were found in separate locations within the town.
28 May 2024 · Ado-Ekiti
Two individuals were killed by a stray bullet fired by a police officer while responding to an accident scene in Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State. The officer has been disarmed and arrested for the incident.
4 September 2023 · Oye
A 200-level nursing student at the Federal University, Oye-Ekiti was found dead in a shallow grave after being reported missing. Police have arrested 10 suspects in connection with her killing.
16 March 2023 · Ado Ekiti
A man was killed while trying to separate a fight between his neighbor and the neighbor's girlfriend in Ado Ekiti. The suspect allegedly stabbed the victim during the altercation.
15 May 2022 · Ado-Ekiti
A suspect has been remanded for the killing of a police officer in the Okeyinmi area of Ado-Ekiti on May 15, 2022. The suspect confessed to the crime during the investigation.
Other threats in Ekiti
About these figures
Counts cover incidents classified as murder in Ekiti State, drawn from OpenWatch’s incident record, excluding retracted reports and duplicates merged into an earlier report. Figures update hourly. Last recorded: 2 October 2026.
Reported numbers are a floor, not a census. Incidents in remote areas are routinely under-reported, and classification follows how an event was described in reporting, so a low count is not a guarantee of safety. See the full Ekiti risk profile for every threat type, or the methodology for how incidents are collected and classified.
Track Ekiti live on the incident map.