JUST IN: Gunmen kill Ogun councilorship candidate
Taiwo Bankole and Johnson Idowu
Some suspected gunmen, Saturday afternoon, killed a councilorship candidate, Adeyinka Adeleke, in the Jide Jones area of Abeokuta South Local Government Area of Ogun State.
The victim was said to be the All Progressives Congress Councillorship candidate for Abeokuta South Local Government Ward 15 in the forthcoming November 16 Local Government elections.
PUNCH Online gathered that the assailants stormed the area in a tinted car while shooting sporadically.
Our correspondent learnt from a source privy to the incident that the gunmen attacked Adeleke, shot at him and left him in the pool of his blood.
A video of the incident which surfaced online showed the lifeless body of Adeleke while sympathisers’ voices were heard in the background wailing.
An anonymous source told our correspondent that the incident created palpable tension in the area as residents scampered for safety.
The source said, “Some gunmen killed the All Progressives Congress councilorship candidate for Ibara Ward 15, Adeyinka Adeleke, today.
“The gunmen came in a tinted car, shot him, and hit him with stones till he died. There was tension in the area as people were scampering for safety.”
Another source, who sought anonymity, narrated that the assailants arrived in a tinted car from which one of them stepped out, shot Adeyinka at close range and later smashed his head ensuring that the victim was dead.
The deceased was said to have been a transport union worker in the Panseke area of Abeokuta during his lifetime.
“The Killing happened around 2 pm, it took everybody by surprise… No one knows if it is a cultist attack or not. The people in the area are already locking their shops, everywhere is tensed up now, it is so sad,” the source said.
A senior police officer in the area confirmed the incident to our correspondent while stating that the family took the corpse away.
The police source said, “Yes, the incident happened. His family decided to take his body for burial.”
Meanwhile, the Ogun State Police Public Relations Officer, Omolola Odutola, was yet to respond to messages sent to her line as of the time of filing this report.
