Soldiers shoot ‘Oluomo’ dead at INEC collation centre
A member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Idanre Local Government Area of Ondo, Akinlabi Akinnaso, has been shot dead.
Mr Akinnaso, also known as ‘Oluomo’, was killed by soldiers deployed to maintain security at the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Collation Centre in the Owena area of Ayetoro in Idanre town.
The PDP Chieftain was said to have accompanied the newly elected winner of the House of Representatives for Ifedore/Idanre Federal Constituency, Festus Akingbaso, to receive a Certificate of Return from INEC, when he was ‘accidentally shot’.
Sources who spoke to Peoples Gazette in a chat revealed that Mr Akinnaso was allegedly trying to force himself into the collation centre when he was shot.
His corpse had been deposited at the hospital’s morgue.
Funmilayo Odunlami-Omisanya, the spokeswoman for the police in Ondo, who confirmed the incident, said she was still gathering the details of the incident and promised to get back.
Mr Akingbaso, the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), was on Sunday declared the winner of the Ifedore/Idanre Federal Constituency.
He scored 24,263 votes to beat Tajudeen Adefisoye, the incumbent and member of the All Progressives Congress (APC), to poll 20,064 votes in the weekend election
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