A Ward  Coordinator of Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa of Ondo State's Campaign Organisation, Alaba Abbey has been murdered. 

Abbey, who served as a ward coordinator for the Lucky Aiyedatiwa Campaign Organization Foot-Soldiers, LACO-SF, was killed in his hometown of Supare Akoko, Akoko South West Local Government Area, weekend. 
It was learned that the deceased was the returning officer for the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, in his Ward 10 in the recently concluded primary of the party.
Abbay's younger brother,  Samuel, who confirmed the incident said that the deceased was shot at in front of his house in Supare, and the family believed it was an assassination.
“It is a sad development, my brother was assassinated in front of his house here in Supare. Our family members are in pain right now,” he said.
State police Spokesperson, Funmilayo Odunlami-Omisanya, confirmed the killing of Mr Abbey in a brief chat with reporters in Akure, on Sunday, adding that the state command had begun investigation into the brutal killings.
“We have begun an investigation into the case and we will unravel what led to his killing,” she said.
Meanwhile, the Lucky Aiyedatiwa Campaign Organisation Foot-Soldiers,  LACO-SF, has condemned Abbey’s killing and called on police authorities in the state to protect its members from brutal attacks by assailants.
In a statement by the spokesperson for the cLACO-SF, Kayode Fasua, said the late Abbey was actively involved in the campaign activities of Mr Aiyedatiwa until his brutal killing.
Earlier, the Director-General of LACO-FS in Akoko Southwest Local Government, David Ajobiewe, described the killing of Mr Abbey as a big tragedy.
“Excel had been a resourceful coordinator for the Aiyedatiwa campaign organisation in Ward 10 of Supare and was never known to be violent and never had any history of a local or domestic dispute.
“We urge the police authorities to step up investigations into his gruesome murder and bring the perpetrators of the dastardly act to book,” he added.