Kogi State Commissioner, Shot Dead |The Source

By Adesina Soyooye

The Kogi State Commissioner for Pensions Board, Solomon Adegbayo, has been shot dead by yet to be identified gunmen.

But pointers are that it was a kidnap attempt that went awry.

The Chairman of Yagba Local Government Area of the State, Pius Kolawole, in whose company the late Commissioner was travelling, was luckier than him.

Kolawole was abducted by the gunmen, while Adegbayo was shot dead on the spot, and his body abandoned on the road. They were in same vehicle.

The two were travelling back to their home town, Egbe, Kogi, from Illorin, Kwara State, when they met the gunmen along the road. Egbe is a border town, between Kwara and Kogi State.

The Kogi State Police Command confirms the story.