A member of the All Progressives Congress(APC), Osun State Ebenezer Alaro has been shot dead during a ward-to-ward campaign in Ilesa East Local Government Council Area by suspected political thugs.
Alaro, a driver of the campaign, was killed at Ward Nine, Irojo in Ilesa.
A statement by APC chairman, Tajudeen Lawal, confirming the incident, alleged that the thugs who killed the driver were sponsored by candidate of Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) for Ijesa-South House of Representatives, Sanya Omirin.
Lawal described the killing as callous, saying, “it was a pity that the PDP leadership in the state reason that violence could secure victory for their party in the forthcoming general elections.