Date Published: 01/25/10

Ogun AC Governorship Candidate assassinated

Action Congress(AC), governorship candidate in the 2007 elections in Ogun State, Dipo Dina, has been shot dead by yet unknown gunmen near Sango Ota.

Dina, according to security sources, was attacked on Monday evening while returning from Abeokuta, the Ogun State

It was learnt that the assailants crossed his car, a sports utility vehicle, in front of the Convenant university and attempted to take him away but were resisted by the people around. It was in the process the attackers rained bullets on him.

At 11.55pm, the Ogun State Police Command‘s spokesman, Mr. Muyiwa Adejobi, said that he had called the area commander in charge of Ota several times but that his calls were not answered.

Adejobi said he had received calls from friends and associates of the politician seeking for confirmation of the incident. He, however, refused to comment further.

However, National Publicity Secretary of the AC, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, who spoke with one of our correspondents, said whether assassination or robbery, the latest killing had shown the level of insecurity in the country.

He said, “Given the political battles he has fought in the last two years, it makes all politicians feel unsafe. And going by the records of such killings, such killers are never found.”