Gunmen have killed one Mr Alaba Abe, who is one of the ward campaign coordinators of Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa, ahead of the Ondo state governorship election.
The late Abe was among Aiyedatiwa’s campaign coordinators during last Saturday’s APC governorship primary in Ondo State, which Aiyedatiwa won.
Abe, popularly known by his nickname, Excel, was reportedly assassinated in Supare Akoko, Akoko South-West Area of the state on Saturday evening.
The incident happened barely a week after the APC held its governorship primary across the 18 local government areas of the state.
The deceased was also said to be the Returning Officer for the party’s primary at Ward 10 in the council area.
It was gathered that the deceased was assassinated on Saturday night around 9 pm in front of his house at Supare Akoko.
Ondo state police command public relations officer, Funmilayo Odunlami confirmed the incident.
The PPRO said, “The command is aware of the incident at Supare; investigation is ongoing to unravel all that happened.”
In a statement on Sunday, the Lucky Aiyedatiwa Campaign Organisation Foot Soldiers Independent Council condemned the incident and urged the security agencies in the state to investigate it and bring the perpetrators to book.
Also, the Ondo APC Publicity Secretary, Mr Alex Kalejaiye, described the incident as unfortunate.
“It is very sad and unfortunate that one of our party men was killed, but we only read about it on social media.
“The party can’t make any statement until it is properly briefed by the chairman of the local government of the deceased. We can’t be reacting to social media information,” Kalejaiye said.
