Osun – A member of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Ebenezer Alaro has been killed in Ilesa, Osun State by gunmen.
Alaro was killed on Friday, 17 February after attending a rally organised by his party .
Reports said he was killed in front of his father’s house located in Aromire area of Ilesa.
The deceased was traced home and shot dead after he participated in the early morning rally organised by the Speaker of the state House of Assembly, Hon Timothy Owoeye.
The rally was organised by Owoeye to drum support for the candidates of APC in the Saturday, 25 February, and Saturday, 11 March, 2023 election.
Owoeye has since condemned the killing, calling on security agents in the state to beef up security as the elections draw nearer.
The Speaker in a statement by his Media Aide, Kunle Alabi called on the Nigeria Police, Osun State Command to leave no stone unturned in unravelling those behind the gruesome killing of Alaro.
He stated that such heinous crime if not quickly investigated and perpetrators made to face the music to douse an already- tensed situation that could lead to breakdown of law and order in the state before and during the forthcoming elections.
“It is quite unfortunate that one of our devoted party members was murdered after our rally on Friday, politics shouldn’t be a do-or-die affairs.
“The young man who was actively involved in the rally was shot in front of his father’s house.
“The Police and other relevant security Agencies must be seen to be alive to their constitutional responsibility of protecting lives of citizens.
“A quick investigation into the murder will serve as deterrent to people who are hell bent on distrusting the peace of our society.
“The times we are in calls for serious actions by security agencies so that the already tensed environment doesn’t lead to a situation where citizens will resort to self help and jungle justice.
“It is my belief that the state Commissioner of Police will leave up to his responsibility of not allowing the state to slide into anarchy by urgently seeing to it that culprits in the said murder are brought to book.
“I want to appeal to our people to allow for peace with the hope that Police will in no distant time resolved the case of Ebenezer Alaro’s killing.” (vitalnewsngr.com)
