Tension As Gunmen Shot Prominent PDP Chieftain's Aide In Powerful APC State
- Toyin Adeniji, an aide of a prominent PDP chieftain in Agege area of Lagos, has been shot dead by unknown gunmen
- Adeniji, who is a 47-year-old APC loyalist, was reportedly shot by some suspected cultists in front of his house in the Oyewole area of Agege local government
- Though the police have commenced investigation into the killing, the PDP loyalist was killed in Lagos, a state considered the stronghold of the APC state and ahead of election
Agege, Lagos - The police in Lagos state has said it has begun an investigation to unravel the death of Toyin Adeniji, an aide to powerful chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state, Chief Dapo Sarumi.
According to The Punch, the 47 years old Adeniji was shot by some suspected cultists in the Agege local government area of the state.
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Details of PDP loyalist killed in Lagos
It was learnt that Adeniji was at the front of his house on Oyewole road in Agege, when he was shot at a close range by the gunmen.
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No less than 7 other persons in front of the house of the PDP chieftain in Agege escaped being killed as the gunmen sporadically shot in air.
Lagos is considered the strongest state of the All Progressives Congress (APC), and the assassination of the PDP figure is coming few weeks to the presidential election.
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Oyewole is also the constituency of the state speaker, Mudashiru Obasa, who is contesting to represent the region for the fifth times in the state house of assembly.
Bola Tinubu, the presidential torchbearer of the ruling APC, was a 2-term governor of the state, who was governor between 1999 and 2007.
Tinubu has been campaigning for his achievement as the governor of the state.
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Legit.ng earlier reported that the governor of Lagos state, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has warned business owners and cautioned the state's people to stop rejecting the old naira notes.
Sanwo-Olu also announced that the state has joined in the suit challenging the federal government naira redesign policy at the supreme court.
According to the governor, some mischieve makers are trying the explore the effect of the CBN naira redesign policy to cause havoc in the state while urging the people to remain calm.
Source: Legit.ng
