A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ekiti State, Bunmi Ojo, was on Friday night shot dead by unknown assailants.
The deceased was an ally of former Ekiti Governor, Segun Oni.
A source told TheCable that Ojo was shot dead in Ado-Ekiti, capital of the state, around 8:30pm.
“He was trailed to a viewing centre along Adebayo road, here in Ado-Ekiti. The match between Leicester and Manchester United was ongoing then,” the source said.
“Immediately they identified him, his killers opened fire on him,” the source was quoted as saying.
The gunmen waited to confirm that he was dead before fleeing the scene.
Ojo served as personal assistant to Oni when he was governor of Ekiti between 2007 and 2010.
He was also actively involved in Oni’s 2018 governorship aspiration.
