Following the alleged murder of two persons on Friday in Ede, Osun State, the family of the deceased have called for the government’s intervention to beam a searchlight into the incident in order to ensure justice.
The bereaved family on Sunday urged concerned authorities to come to their aid in fishing out those who allegedly shot their loved ones to death.
Two persons believed to have worked for the All Progressives Congress in the last governorship election in the state were gruesomely murdered over an argument.
While one of the deceased was a supporter of the APC, other members of the bereaved family are Peoples Democratic Party members in Ede-North.
According to them, the incident started on Friday evening after a fracas ensued between members of the party at a Ward meeting held in the town. The deceased were identified as one Mr. Olalekan Abideen and Mrs Kafayat Olalekan.
Narrating their ordeals, the younger sister of deceased, Mrs. Rukayat Olalekan Olasoji, said the victims were killed over an argument that had been resolved and laid to rest.
“The whole thing started when we had an argument at our Ward meeting last Friday over the left over money that was supposed to be given to each polling unit in form of appreciation to the PDP members that worked for the victory of the party in the last governorship election.
“The deceased, Mrs Kafayat Olalekan who backed her kid was shot in the chest but the military personnel who were passing by at that time rescued the baby and took her to the police station where we later recovered the kid”, she added.
Fielding questions from journalists, a younger brother of the deceased, alleged that the attack was premeditated.
“I know this was premeditated to eliminate our family. I know those that perpetrated the killings and I know why they are after our family, particularly my humble self.
“Though I am a loyalist of APC, my mother and other siblings are PDP loyalists and we never quarreled over this. They are not ordinary members, they are staunch party loyalists.
“I see no reason for such action. I intervened when I was told that one of the PDP members insulted my mother and was on the verge to beat her up and immediately people came around, and we resolved the matter not knowing that they had ulterior motives to destroy our family.
Expressing her ordeal in tears, the elder sister of the deceased, Mrs Yetunde Olalekan appealed to the State Government and other concerned authorities to come to the aid of the family saying “no one is safe anymore”.
She urged the relevant authorities, including the state government to commence an immediate investigation into the incident.