Ondo gov’ship: Aiyedatiwa’s ward campaign coordinator shot dead

Alaba Excel Abbey, one of the campaign coordinators of Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa of Ondo State, has been assassinated.

Mr Abbey, who served as a ward coordinator for the Lucky Aiyedatiwa Campaign Organisation Foot-Soldiers (LACO-SF), was killed at his residence in Supare Akoko, Akoko South West Local Government Area.

Daily Trust learnt that the deceased was the returning officer for the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ward 10 in the recently concluded primary of the governing party. Aiyedatiwa emerged candidate of the party at the end of the primary election.

A younger brother to the deceased, Mr Samuel Abbey, who confirmed the sad development, revealed that the politician was shot at the front of his house.

Meanwhile, the Lucky Aiyedatiwa Campaign Organisation Foot-Soldiers (LACO-SF) has condemned the gruesome murder of Mr Abbey.

The group also called on the security agencies, most especially the police authorities, to protect its members from such brutal attacks by assailants.

A statement by the spokesperson for the campaign organisation, Kayode Fasua, said the late Abbey was actively involved in the campaign activities of Aiyedatiwa until his death.

The Director-General of LACO-FS in Akoko Southwest Local Government, David Ajobiewe, described the killing of Abbey as a big tragedy.