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LG Polls: Oyo Speaker’s Security Guard Allegedly Kills Two Residents

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3 years ago

May 24, 2021.

A security guard attached to the Speaker of Oyo State House of Assembly, Adebo Ogundoyin, has allegedly killed two youths in the state.
The vehicle of the Speaker was however set ablaze by aggrieved residents.

A security guard attached to the Speaker of Oyo State House of Assembly, Adebo Ogundoyin, has allegedly killed two youths in New Eruwa in the Ibarapa East Local Government Area of the state.

EKO HOT BLOG gathered that the incident occurred during the local government election in the state on Saturday.

The death of the victims was said to have led to a mob attack on the vehicle of the Speaker, which was set ablaze.

One of the victims identified as Ebenezer was said to be a security officer at The Ibarapa Polytechnic, Eruwa.

Some online reports had on Saturday stated that the victims were hit by stray bullets from the guns of Customs officials. But one Gbolahan Tunde, who is a resident of the town, said the claims were wrong as he challenged the state government to say the truth.

The resident, who said he didn’t know the identity of the other victim, insisted that he was sure that there were two casualties.

According to SaharaReporters, he said Ebenezer was working with Polaris Bank before he started working at the polytechnic as a security officer, adding that the sporadic shooting by Ogundoyin’s security agents led to the death of the victims.

Another source, who declined to be named, alleged that a member of the House of Representatives, Yinka Taiwo, and some armed men attacked some residents of Lanlante.

The source said, “That was the first time I would see this kind of war in the same party. I heard they killed two in Eruwa but they didn’t kill anyone here in Lanlante. But Yemi Taiwo was on rampage here.

“There was no election here because people didn’t come out. They cannot tell me that 1,000 people voted in Lanlante. Our people were just looking at them here. It will be better if INEC (Independent National Electoral Commission) conducts subsequent council elections.”

The Speaker has not reacted to the incident as of the time of writing this report.

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