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Aide Gives Details Of How PDP Chieftain,  Prof. Richard Idowu Was Shot Dead In Ejigbo

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January 28, 2024
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The personal assistant to Professor Richard Idowu , Mr Afeez Lawal has narrated details of how is principal met his tragic and untimely death at Ejigbo, Osun State, on Saturday , January 27, 2024.

Afeez Lawal,  who was present at the scene, explained that his boss, a lecturer at Prairie View A&M University in Houston, Texas, and a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), had earlier attended a ceremony where Governor Ademola Adeleke was conferred with a chieftaincy title before the tragic incident occurred.

“We headed to Ejigbo for the 50th coronation anniversary of the Ogiyan of Ejigbo.

Immediately, after the event, we were almost set to go back to Osogbo, the king’s son, Oyeyode Oyesosin said we should go to his house along Inisha road for a brief meeting, so those that followed him home Ayodele Asalu, Timothy and Prof Richard.

“When the king’s son wanted to bid his guests farewell, he ordered the local security to fire guns to the air, as a gesture but unfortunately, one of the security’s guns was facing down, instead of firing to the sky, he fired the bullet downward, the bullet hit Professor on his leg, he fell, before we could rush him to the hospital he had lost a lot of blood.

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“He gave up the ghost at the Baptist Hospital in Ejigbo,” Afeez Lawal recounted.

The aide confirmed that the remains of the Professor had been deposited in Osun State University Teaching Hospital Morgue.

Meanwhile, to get to the root of the matter, Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun State has ordered through investigations into the killing of Ade Ori Okin and one other person at the scene.

Adeleke also condoled with the Ogiyan of Ejigbo, Oba Omowonuola Oyeyode Oyeyosin.

The governor directed law enforcement agencies to investigate the remote and immediate causes of the incident and ensure that the law takes its cause, calling for pre-emptive action by the security agencies to prevent any possible counter-attacks or eruption of violence in the ancient town following the sad incident.

He Urged families of the deceased not to take laws into their own hands.

Subsequently, the leadership of the Osun State All Progressives Congress (APC) through its state chairman, Tajudeen Lawal also condoled Ejigbo people over the killing of one of its prominent indigenes, describing the death as tragic and wicked.

The opposition party in the state, however, tasked the Police Authority to investigate the matter and bring the perpetrators into book.(vitalnewsngr.com)

 

 

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