Mohammed Shosanya
One of the staunch supporters of Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa, who worked as returning officer during All Progressives Congress(APC) governorship primary penultimate Saturday, Alana Abey, has been reportedly shot dead.
He was said to have been killed in the front of his residence in Supare-Akoko in Akoko South-West Local Government Area of Ondo State by unidentified gunmen on Saturday around 9:00pm.
Abey was said to have served as a ward coordinator for the Lucky Aiyedatiwa Campaign Organization Foot-Soldiers (LACO-FS).
According to reports, he also served as the returning officer for APC during the April 20, 2024 governorship primary at his Ward 10 in the council area.
His elder brother, Samuel Abbey,said the victim was killed on Saturday night around 9 pm in front of his residence shortly after returning home.
Condemning the killing of its member, the LACO-FS has called on the police and other security agencies smoke out the perpetrators of the dastardly act and bring them to book.
Kayode Fasua, the State Information Director of the organization, in a statement on Sunday said the late Abbey was actively involved in campaigning for the election of Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa until he was shot in his Supare home on April 27.
The Director-General of LACO-FS in Akoko South-West Local Government, Hon. David Ajobiewe, described the incident as a shocking.
He said: “Excel(Abbey) had been a resourceful coordinator for the Aiyedatiwa Campaign Organization 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.”
Spokesperson for the state Police Command, Funmilayo Odunlami-Omisanya, a Superintendent of Police, confirmed the incident.
She said investigation into the incident has commenced to unravel all that happened.
According to her, “The command is aware of the incident at Supare, investigation is ongoing to unravel all that happened.”
