The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osun State has alleged that Dele Ayegbo, nephew of Wole Oke, the party’s campaign director-general, was shot dead in Esa-Oke.
Kola Olabisi, spokesperson for the Osun APC, said in a statement on Thursday that Ayegbo was killed on Wednesday night in the Idofin area of Esa-Oke, Obokun Local Government Area.
Olabisi alleged that Ayegbo was attacked at a road junction close to his residence by suspected hoodlums who arrived in a car.
He accused supporters of the Accord Party of carrying out the attack, alleging that they had been targeting APC members and supporters across the state.
“The Osun State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has condemned the killing of the party’s governorship campaign Director-General, Wole Oke’s nephew, Dele Ayegbo, in Esa-Oke, Obokun Local Government Council Area of the state on Wednesday night by the hit squad of the Accord Party who have been terrorising the members and supporters of the opposition APC across the state.”
Olabisi said two people were shot during the incident, with Ayegbo dying at the scene and the other victim taken to an undisclosed hospital for treatment.
He described the incident as “one death, too many” and urged the police to investigate the circumstances surrounding the killing.
“The killing of the nephew of our campaign Director-general in Esa-Oke is one death too many which must be urgently unravelled by the police in the interest of fairness and justice”
The APC spokesperson also alleged that more than 30 members of the party had been killed by political thugs across Osun State.
He claimed that Ijesaland accounted for the highest number of the alleged killings, with 17 of the 30 APC members reportedly killed since 2022 coming from the area.
Olabisi further accused the state government of failing to condemn attacks on APC members, alleging that such silence had encouraged political violence.
He called on the Osun State Police Command to urgently investigate the latest incident and take steps to prevent further violence ahead of Saturday’s governorship election.
“The purpose is to scare away our members and supporters from exercising their civic responsibility on Saturday”
The allegation comes amid heightened political tension in Osun ahead of the August 15 governorship election, with supporters of the incumbent governor and the APC trading accusations over violence and political attacks.
As of the time of filing this report, the Osun State Police Command had not confirmed the alleged killing. Abiodun Ojelabi, spokesperson for the command, had yet to respond to a request for comment.
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