A campaign coordinator for the election bid of Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa of Ondo State, Alaba Excel Abbey, has been killed in his home by unknown gunmen.
Abbey, who served as a ward coordinator for the Lucky Aiyedatiwa Campaign Organisation Foot-Soldiers, was killed at his home in Supare Akoko, Akoko South West Local Government Area of the State.
The Director-General of the Aiyedatiwa campaign organisation, David Ajobiewe, made this known while condemning the killing of Abbey.
According to a report by Daily Trust, Ajobiewe while urging the police to unravel the death of the late campaign coordinator, stated that the deceased wasn’t a violent person.
“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 a 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,” he said.
The state Police Public Relations Officer, Funmilayo Odunlami-Omisanya, said, “The state command is aware of the incident and that investigation is ongoing to unravel all that happened”.