By Halimah Olamide
Amidst worsening insecurity in Osun, a member of the All Progressives Congress, Ebenezer Alaro, has been shot dead in front of his father’s house in Ilesa, Osun State.
NPO Reports gathered that the deceased was traced to his father’s house on Arorime Street and shot dead after participating in a rally organised by the Speaker to shore up support for the candidates of APC in the forthcoming February 25th election.
Condemning the killing, the Speaker, Osun State House of Assembly, Timothy Owoeye, called on the police in the state to fish out the killers.
The Speaker in a statement by his Media Aide, Kunle Alabi called on the Nigeria Police Osun State Command to leave no stone unturned in unravelling the circumstances leading to the murder of the deceased.
Owoeye called on the Police to investigate the gruesome murder of Alaro with a view to ensuring that those involved are brought to justice.
He stated that such heinous crime if not quickly investigated and perpetrators docked could aggravate an already- tensed situation that could lead to breakdown of law and order in the state before and during the forthcoming elections.
In his words,”It is quite unfortunate that one of our devoted party members was murdered after our rally on Friday, politics shouldn’t be a do-or-die affairs. The young man who was actively involved in the rally was shot in front of his father’s house.
“The Police and other relevant security Agencies must be seen to be alive to their constitutional responsibility of protecting lives of citizens. A quick investigation into the murder will serve as deterrent to people who are hell bent on distrusting the peace of our society.
“The times we are in calls for serious actions by security Agencies so that the already tensed environment doesn’t lead to a situation where citizens will resort to self help and jungle justice.
“It is my believe that the state Commissioner of Police will leave up to his responsibility of not allowing the state to slide into anarchy by urgently seeing to it that culprits in the said murder are brought to book.
“I want to appeal to our people to allow for peace with the hope that Police will in no distant time resolved the case of Ebenezer Alaro’s killing.” The Speaker emphasised.