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BREAKING: Gunmen Kill Ondo APC Returning Officer
Abey was said to have served as a ward coordinator for the Lucky Aiyedatiwa Campaign Organization Foot-Soldiers
Akure, Ondo State– Suspected gunmen shot and killed one of the staunch supporters of Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa, Alana Abey, who worked as a returning officer during the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship primary last Saturday.
It was gathered that the deceased was the Returning Office of the APC in the just concluded primary election that produced Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa as the candidate of the ruling party in Ondo State.
He was said to have been killed in the front of his residence in Supare-Akoko in Akoko South-West Local Government Area of Ondo State by unidentified gunmen on Saturday around 9:00pm.
Abey was said to have served as a ward coordinator for the Lucky Aiyedatiwa Campaign Organization Foot-Soldiers (LACO-FS).
In the account of his elder brother, Samuel Abbey, the victim was killed on Saturday night around 9 pm in front of his residence shortly after returning home.
Condemning the killing of its member, the LACO-FS has called on the police and other security agencies smoke out the perpetrators of the dastardly act and bring them to book.
Kayode Fasua, the State Information Director of the organization, in a statement on Sunday said the late Abbey was actively involved in campaigning for the election of Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa until he was shot in his Supare home on April 27.
In his reaction, the Director-General of LACO-FS in Akoko South-West Local Government, Hon. David Ajobiewe, described the incident as a shocking.
He said: “Excel(Abbey) had been a resourceful coordinator for the Aiyedatiwa Campaign Organization in Ward 10 of Supare and was never known to be violent and never had any history of local or domestic dispute.
“We urge the police authorities to step up investigations into his gruesome murder and bring the perpetrators of the dastardly act to book.”
Meanwhile, Spokesperson for the state Police Command, Funmilayo Odunlami-Omisanya, a Superintendent of Police, confirmed the incident.
She said investigation into the incident has commenced to unravel all that happened.
“The command is aware of the incident at Supare, investigation is ongoing to unravel all that happened.”
