A tragic event that played out on Saturday afternoon, in the Jide Jones area in Oke-Ilewo, Abeokuta South Local Government Area of Ogun State, where suspected gunmen killed a councilorship candidate, Adeyinka Adeleke.
Report indicates that the victim was said to be the All Progressives Congress Councillorship candidate for Abeokuta South Local Government Ward 15 in the forthcoming Local Government elections slated for November 16, 2024.
This tragedy cut short the dream of the late Adeyinka Adeleke, who was looking forward to see his aspirations come through.
According to an eyewitness said that the assailants stormed the area in a tinted car while shot Adeleke and left him in the pool of his blood.
A video of the incident which surfaced online showed the lifeless body of Adeleke while sympathisers’ voices were heard in the background wailing.
Also, an anonymous source said that the incident created palpable tension in the area as residents scampered for safety, noting that the gunmen were shooting sporadically.
The source said, “Some gunmen killed the All Progressives Congress councilorship candidate for Ibara Ward 15, Adeyinka Adeleke, today.
“The gunmen came in a tinted car, shot him, and hit him with stones till he died. There was tension in the area as people were scampering for safety.”
Another source, who also sought anonymity, narrated that the assailants arrived in a tinted car from which one of them stepped out, shot Adeyinka at close range and later smashed his head ensuring that the victim was dead.
The deceased was said to have been a transport union worker in the Panseke area of Abeokuta during his lifetime.
“The Killing happened around 2 pm, it took everybody by surprise… No one knows if it is a cultist attack or not. The people in the area are already locking their shops, everywhere is tensed up now, it is so sad,” the source said.
A senior police officer in the area confirmed the incident while stating that the family has taken the corpse away.
The police source said, “Yes, the incident happened. His family decided to take his body for burial.”
Meanwhile, the Ogun State Police Public Relations Officer, Omolola Odutola, was yet to respond to messages sent to her line as of the time of filing this report.
