Kazeem Alli, a leader of the National Union of Road Transport Workers in Osun State’s Isokan local government area, was assassinated by some assailants who have not yet been named.
Alli was reportedly shot dead by the gunmen in Apomu on Saturday night. He was also apparently a leader of the All Progressives Congress in his Local Government.
Alli was reportedly being followed by the perpetrators as he drove to the Oka Alfa neighbourhood in his automobile. There, gunmen in two vehicles shot and killed Alli.
When asked to confirm the occurrence, Yemisi Opalola, a spokesperson for the Osun police command, was unavailable.
Kola Olabisi, the media adviser to the Osun APC chairman, confirmed the incident in a statement that was released in Osogbo, but he also denounced the killing of the party leader.
The 48-year-old APC leader Kazeem Alli, also known as Kekere Pasuma, from Ward 6, who actively campaigned during the most recent governorship race, was killed, according to the statement that added the “APC chairman, Gboyega Famodun, was evidently upset.
According to reports, the APC chieftain was assassinated on Saturday by gunmen who were purportedly supported by PDP leaders.