Osun LG Crisis: Irewole LGA Boss, Others Killed

The chairman of Irewole local government area of Osun state, Remi Abbas, was killed on Ikire Monday morning by alleged Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, thugs. 

Six other other people were also killed during the fracas in the aftermath of a Federal High Court, Osogbo judgement over who controls LGAs in the state. 

The court ruled last week that the sacked officials of the opposition All Progressives Congress, APC, be allowed to take over their respective offices.

According to sources, Abbas led his other council officials to retake his office in Ikire shortly after which some people identified as foot soldiers of the state's ruling party, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, stormed the Secretariat and killed him.

“The thugs came out from the building opposite the Secretariat, wielding gun. They deliberately targeted the council chairman. Many surrounded him and did not allow him to escape from the scene and killed him,” multiple sources disclosed.

The the hoodlums were also said to have stormed the highway, shooting sporadically and forcing residents to scamper to safety and motorists forced to find other routes. Several other people were said to have sustained various forms of injury.

The incident is a fallout of claims and counter claims over which of the parties, the ruling PDP and opposition APC, controls the LGAs.

It would be recalled that a Federal High Court in the state capital last week reinstated the sacked council officials, including chairmen and councilors last week. However, the State Government said the election was nullified by the Federal High Court in Osogbo.

Sources also disclosed that two PDP members, simply identified as Ege and Igara, were killed by gun-wielding thugs working for the APC.

According to the state commissioner for Protocol and Government Affairs, Soji Ajeigbe,: “Apart from those killed, six others were killed while they were attempting to take-over the Secretariat. We have deposited the bodies in the morgue while the injured were receiving treatment at the hospital."