Returning Officer For Gov Aiyedatiwa Primary Election Shot Dead By Unknown Gunmen

By Ayodele Oni

The Returning Officer for the recently concluded All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship primary election in Ondo State, Mr. Alaba Abey has been shot dead by unknown gunmen.

The incident happened on Saturday at his home in Supare, Akoko South West Local Government Area.

Mr. Abey, who served as a ward coordinator for the Lucky Aiyedatiwa Campaign Organization Foot-Soldiers (LACO-SF), was the returning officer for the party primary at his Ward 10 in the council.

According to his elder brother, Samuel Abbey, Mr. Abey was assassinated on Saturday night around 9 pm shortly after returning home, in front of his house.

The LACO-SF has condemned the gruesome murder of its member and called on the police authorities to protect its members from such attacks by unknown assailants.

In a statement released by the State Information Director of the organization, Mr. Kayode Fasua, it was revealed that the late Abbey was actively involved in campaigning for the election of Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa until his untimely demise. He was shot in his Supare home on April 27.

Also reacting to the tragic news, the Director-General of LACO-FS in Akoko Southwest Local Government, David Ajobiewe, described the incident as a shocking tragedy.

“Excel had been a resourceful coordinator for the Aiyedatiwa campaign organisation 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.”