Gunmen on Sunday assassinated Alaba Excel Abbey, a marketing campaign coordinator for Ondo State Governor Fortunate Aiyedatiwa.
Police spokesman in Ondo State Funmilayo Odunlami-Omisanya stated the state command had launched an investigation into the brutal killing.
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“The state command is conscious of the incident (killing) however investigation is ongoing to unravel all that occurred,” she stated.
Abbey served as a ward coordinator for the Fortunate Aiyedatiwa Marketing campaign Group Foot-Troopers (LACO-SF).
He was killed at his residence in Supare Akoko, Akoko South West Native Authorities Space.
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Abbey was the returning officer for the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ward 10 within the just lately concluded major election the place Aiyedatiwa clinched the social gathering’s ticket for the governorship election.
A relative, Mr Samuel Abbey, who confirmed the unhappy growth, disclosed that the politician was shot on the entrance of his home.
In the meantime, the Fortunate Aiyedatiwa Marketing campaign Group Foot-Troopers (LACO-SF) has condemned the ugly homicide of Abbey.
The group additionally referred to as on the safety companies, most particularly the police authorities to guard its members from such assaults.
Spokesperson for the marketing campaign organisation, Kayode Fasua, in a press release stated the late Abbey was actively concerned within the marketing campaign actions of Aiyedatiwa till his demise.
The Director-Normal of LACO-FS in Akoko Southwest Native Authorities, David Ajobiewe, described the killing of Abbey as a giant tragedy.
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“Excel had been a resourceful coordinator for the Aiyedatiwa marketing campaign organisation in Ward 10 of Supare and was by no means identified to be violent and by no means had any historical past of a neighborhood or home dispute,” Ajobiewe stated.
“We urge the police authorities to step up investigations into his ugly homicide and produce the perpetrators of the dastardly act to ebook.”