The crisis over the court ruling on the status of Local Council executives elected in 2022 turned bloody today, Monday, when the reinstated APC Chairman for Irewole local council of the state, Remi Abass was shot dead by unknown gunmen at the Local Government secretariat in Ikire.
Witnesses said the attackers stormed the secretariat in broad daylight, firing multiple gunshots.
“It was sudden and chaotic. People ran for safety,” said a local resident who requested anonymity.
The Osun State Police Command confirmed the incident and stated that investigations had begun.
“We are working to apprehend the perpetrators and restore calm in the area,” said State Police Public Relations Officer, Yemisi Opalola.
Abass was among the Local Government Chairmen sacked by the Federal High Court sitting in Osogbo in November, 2022.
In another incident, two persons were been confirmed dead in Boripe Local Government area of the state over the fracas that erupted when some hoodlums allegedly working for the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and the All Progressives Congress, APC, attempted to take over the council.
The victims, whose names were given as Ege and Igara, were also reportedly shot dead.
Ege, who decamped from the APC to the PDP recently, was said to be the only son of his parents.
One other person whose name was given as Yinka, a photographer, was also shot and in critical condition at an undisclosed hospital.
