Widow of slain Accord party member recounts how thugs killed her husband

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By Shina Abubakar

OSOGBO — The widow of an Accord Party member who was reportedly killed by gunmen in Esa‑Oke, Obokun Local Government Area of Osun State, described the events that led to her husband's death, claiming he was shot in her presence by attackers connected to local political violence.

The deceased, Aderogba Ajayi, a native of Esa‑Oke and Accord Party member, was said to have been killed by suspected thugs on Tuesday night.

During a condolence visit by Governor Ademola Adeleke to the family on Wednesday, Mrs. Tolulope Aderogba recounted the incident and urged that justice be served for her late husband.

She said she was with her husband when a man named Oladapo arrived on a motorcycle and asked him to join him to meet another person named Omoaje.

Her husband declined, telling Oladapo that Omoaje could contact him directly if he wanted to meet.

Mrs. Aderogba added that Oladapo kept pressuring her husband to go and also asked whether he intended to attend a meeting with politician Wole Oke the next day, which he also refused.

She said that even after she and one of their daughters repeatedly urged her husband to leave the area, he stayed talking with Oladapo.

Later, a vehicle arrived with several people, and two other men disembarked and approached the spot where her husband was standing.

She claimed that one of the men fired twice at her husband, missing both times, before another burst of gunfire struck him, causing him to collapse.

“I tried every effort to carry him, but his weight was too much for me. We later got help and rushed him to the hospital, where he was pronounced dead,” she