One person was murdered in Ikirun, Ifelodun Local Government Area of Osun state in the early hours of Saturday by an unknown gunmen.
It was gathered that some hoodlums invaded the area killing a member of the Peoples Democratic Party, Yomi Ademola.
It was further learnt that residents of the area were woken up with the sounds of gunshots at around 4:45am by the hoodlums before carrying out the dastardly act.
The victim, it was learnt had recently defected to the PDP from the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).