Osun APC Condemns Murder Of Three Members By Alleged Political Thugs
- Tasks Police To Fish Out Culprits, Sponsors
The Osun State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has condemned what it described as extra-judicial killings of its members by hoodlums allegedly working for politicians in the state.
The party urged the police and all other statutory security services to beef up their professional strategies with a view to bringing the culprits and their sponsors to book for justice to take its course.
In a statement e-signed by its Director of Media and Information, Kola Olabisi, Osun APC said three people were killed in the last two months by the assailants.
Providing an account of the incident, the statement said, “Surprisingly, on Friday, shortly after the superlative 87th birthday anniversary of former Governor Bisi Akande in Ila-Orangun, another bizarre gruesome murder of a member of the APC in the ancient town, took place.
“The victim, Mr Lateef Ajitoba, was the driver to Alhaji Rasheed Adeniji, the Osun State APC Assistant Organising Secretary, who doubles as one of the personal aides of Chief Akande. Ajitoba, who was very active during the birthday anniversary, was released by his boss to go home for a deserved rest.
“Members of the household who got in touch with Ajitoba’s boss through telephone calls when the father of the house did not show up at home were surprised that he had been released the previous evening. The effort of a search party later revealed that the mangled body of Ajitoba with several axe cuts on his body, was discovered inside a gutter at the Oke-Ogbun, Osogbo Road, Ila-Orangun.
“All the efforts of the members of the family of the deceased to identify his killer proved abortive but it was believed to be a political killing based on the timing and the place it occured which was the very day that the members and chieftains of the APC political family trooped to the ancient town of Ila-Orangun from across the country to honour their revered leader, who was the maiden national chairman of the APC.”
The statement further said another incident was the murder of one Mr Kazeem Oyebamiji, a former unit chairman of the state chapter of the National Union of Road Transport Workers on Sunday.
Olabisi said information gathered revealed that the suspected killers of Oyebamiji were allegedly close to the source of power in the state and have been on the police wanted list for some of the past political killings.
“As if that was enough, the peace of Osogbo was temporarily put into confusion on Sunday evening when the news of the gruesome murder of one Mr Kazeem Oyebamiji, former unit chairman of the Osun State chapter of the National Union of Road Transport Workers(NURTW), filtered in.
“The sight of the lifeless body of Oyebamiji, as shown on the trending social media, was gory as he was stripped naked, had his bleeding head broken ostensibly by hard objects, and also lying in a gutter.
“It was gathered that the suspected killers of Oyebamiji are close to the source of power in the state and have been on the police wanted list for some of the past political killings. Information also has it that the suspects are taking the undue advantage of both the immunity and fortification of the state government’s abode to evade arrest,” the statement added.
The APC further said some yet to be identified assailants murdered a leader of the NURTW in the state who was an apologist of the APC, Mr Adeboye Ademoroti, on the 27th November, 2025.
The party condemn in its entirety the suspected extra-judicial political killings reminiscent of the 2022 and 2023 unsavoury episodes currently going on in the state, as they portend a great danger to the public peace and tranquillity in the state, capable of threatening the democratic machinery.
“The police and all other statutory security services should beef up their professional strategies with a view to bringing the culprits and their sponsors to book for justice to take its ccourse
“The reactionary elements who are thinking that the forthcoming governorship election in the state could be won through violence like that of 2022 should have a rethink as the proverbial snake of yesterday has since ported to another place,” the statement concluded.
Olamilekan Adigun is a graduate of Mass Communication with years of experience in journalism embedded in uncovering human interest stories. He also prioritises accuracy and factual reportage of issues.
