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Gideon Aremu, Chairman, Oyo State House of Assembly Committee on Information and Security has been murdered.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), reports that Aremu (Orelope-Labour Party) was killed on Friday at about 9p.m. while driving into his house at Alakia area of Ibadan
Reports say the wife of the deceased was opening the gate for him when two men riding motorcycles shot at Mr. Aremu several times.
“The armed men waited several minutes afterwards to ensure he was dead and took away just his cell phone’’ a source said.
The spokesman for the State Police Command, Adekunle Ajisebutu, confirmed the assassination of the lawmaker. He said the Commissioner of Police in the State had directed the commencement of thorough investigation into the killing.
Aremu was the only opposition lawmaker in the constituency, as his other nine colleagues are from the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), reports that Aremu (Orelope-Labour Party) was killed on Friday at about 9p.m. while driving into his house at Alakia area of Ibadan
Reports say the wife of the deceased was opening the gate for him when two men riding motorcycles shot at Mr. Aremu several times.
“The armed men waited several minutes afterwards to ensure he was dead and took away just his cell phone’’ a source said.
The spokesman for the State Police Command, Adekunle Ajisebutu, confirmed the assassination of the lawmaker. He said the Commissioner of Police in the State had directed the commencement of thorough investigation into the killing.
Aremu was the only opposition lawmaker in the constituency, as his other nine colleagues are from the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).
