A Chieftain of the All Progressives Congress
(APC) in Igbara Oke Ifedore Local Government
Area of Ondo state, Mr. Ayodele Kikiowo, has
been murdered, according to a family source who
spoke with SaharaReporters.
The source, who claimed to be his daughter,
Modupe Kikiowo told our correspondent on Friday
that her father, Mr. Kikiowo popularly called
"Theo" in Igabara Oke was strangulated to death
by his assailants.
SaharaReporters gathered that the deceased was
also the former chairman of the defunct Labour
party (LP) in his ward 10 area before resigning
his position for the All Progressives Congress
(APC).
A resident, Dayo Babalola revealed to our
correspondent that the late Kikiowo resigned from
his position in the labour party after the party
collapsed into the Peoples Democratic Party
(PDP) in the state and governor Olusegun Mimiko
took over its structure.
"He (Mr. Kikiowo) left the labour party when the
governor directed that all Chairmans of the party
starting from the ward to the unit level should
defect to the PDP, but late kikiowo said he
couldn’t go to the PDP because he didn’t like the
party so he decided to move to the APC.
"Since then, he had been canvassing for the APC
and nearly all the people in the streets and ward
followed him to the progressives party, as a result
of this, he had been threatened severely to the
extent that some PDP stalwarts said he would
soon be 'eliminated' for such action", the resident
told SaharaReporters.
Mr. Kikiowo's death has caused panic in his
Adetiloye street in Igbara Oke where sympathisers
wear a mournful look, a correspondent who
visited the family on Friday afternoon reported.
Already, a serving member of the Ondo State
House of Assembly, Hon. Bamidele Oloyelogun,
who is also re-contesting for a second term at
the Assembly on Saturday has been picketed for
the death of the deceased. Oloyelogun was said
to have recently threatened Mr. Kikiowo for
campaigning against the PDP in the local
government area, and had vowed to win Saturday
election at all cost.
When our correspondent visited the community,
supporters of Hon. Oloyelogun were seen busy
campaigning for the state’s House of Assembly
polls tomorrow, despite the death of Mr. Kikiowo.
Speaking in an exclusive interview with
SaharaReporters,Ms. Modupe narrated how her
father left the house for a joint (beer parlour)
after receiving a phone call from his friend and
failed to return home.
"After he had finished eaten, one of his friends
called him that they should meet at their usual
joint (bear parlour) by the roadside before you
enter our street.
"He heeded the call and went out of the house.
Only after some few hours they called us to say
that he is dead and that some twins believed to
be thugs working for a serving member of the
state House of Assembly strangulated my father
to death at the joint", she said.
A beer parlour operator in the community told
SaharaReporters on the phone that the twin killed
late Mr. Kikiowo in his shop and immediately fled
for fear of arrest.
The operator further said, one of the twin was
always seen with Hon. Oleyelogun as an errand
boy and dwells in his compound all day.
"Those twin were like thugs and errand boys to
Oleyelogun. Ask anyone in the street, and they will
tell you but he will pretend that they are
entertainers. Moreover, he is using those guys to
threaten people in the community. I can tell you
that the Hon sent those guys to go and kill Mr.
Kikiowo", he said.
Close associates to Hon. Oloyelogun told our
correspondent that he is ready to do everything
possible to kill the story because "Mr. Governor
has intervened and warned journalists not to
report the story. I know if all this online media
report it, it would get attention.
"Even, Hon. Will not be speaking to any
journalists again. He has even switched off his
popular line because election is tomorrow and he
has to strategize to win the election".
A Police constable in Igbara Oke told
SaharaReporters that one of the twins has been
arrested and transferred to the Police
headquarters in Akure for further investigation.
"We arrested one of the twins, Kehinde precisely
and he told us that Taye is currently inside
Oloyelogun apartment. We swung into action and
we met him inside the building soaking himself
with beer, that is all I can tell you", the Police
constable said.
Police Spokesman in the state, Oluwole Ogodo
confirmed the arrest of the twin to
SaharaReporters but refused to give further
details saying "investigation has begun but we
can't give out much details for now".
saharareporters.com/2015/04/10/apc-chief-murdered-ondo-saturday-house-assembly-poll

Murdered by his own party
Blame it on apc

Rest In Politics sir

so for him politics was a do and die......dis lyf enh.

PDP, the evil party.

...and this sad news is coming from my home town..

The rate at which people will be murdered or maimed in this governorship and state house of ass election go bad, walahi. God should just take control.

PDP will soon go into extinction. Mark my words!!!

This is bad, condemnable and barbaric.

I'm a PDP chieftain, but I don't

support that at all, neither am I

planning to die by human hands.

Even though it's not been proven who

actually committed the murder.

Rest in peace, sir.

R.I.P

PDP, a nest of killers - Prof. Wole Soyinka

Ever since apc came into play, people have been dying. Doesn't that tell us something. Every political murder case must involve the name apc. Why? Don't mention pdp cos most Pdp states are pretty quiet

PassingShot:
PDP, a nest of killers - Prof. Wole Soyinka

But almost all the nest of killers are now waving brooms!

That's why people say politics is a dirty game,no single saint involve,wokeup in the morning and have it mind that you will kill this man or that woman,no fear of God.

dearpreye:


But almost all the nest of killers are now waving brooms!

We're talking of a party's ideology and belief here.

A good party (APC for e.g) is capable of reforming bad politicians just as a bad party (PDP) is capable of turning a good politician into a monster/killer.

PassingShot:


We're talking of a party's ideology and belief here.

A good party (APC for e.g) is capable of reforming bad politicians just as a bad party (PDP) is capable of turning a good politician into a monster/killer.

Isnt a party's ideology conceived by the people in its register?

dearpreye:


Isnt a party's ideology conceived by the people in its register?

So if the founders of PDP conceived it to be what it is today (i.e. a killer and rigging party), why will some politicians who find themselves there not take to killing and rigging? On the other hand, APC was conceived differently.

liberty300:
Ever since apc came into play, people have been dying. Doesn't that tell us something. Every political murder case must involve the name apc. Why? Don't mention pdp cos most Pdp states are pretty quiet

PDP are killers of the opposition party members.

-Andrew Azazi

Hmmm

Okay

Wow