RIP............."This world is wicked" - Friends, family mourn Ekiti councilor shot dead by gunmen as he is laid to rest

 

Friends and family members are mourning the untimely death of 37-year-old councilor representing Ado Ward 9 at Ado Local Government Council, Deji Akeredolu.

 

Late Hon. Akeredolu was killed by unknown gunmen on Friday December 28th. According to reports, Akeredolu and his wife were said to have alighted from a motorbike at the junction to their house at about 10pm when the gunmen struck and fired shots at him from the back.

 

"So sad you gone so soon my padi of life Deji Akeredolu...I can't just stop shedding the tears... May allah grant you access to the shades of his throne on the day of judgement...RIP my personal person" one of his friends wrote on Facebook. 

 

 

Meanwhile, the Deputy Governorship Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in Ekiti State, Hon Deji Ogunsakin has described the death of Hon Adedeji Akeredolu and other staunch PDP supporters who lost his lives in the fatal gunshot incident on Friday, by unknown gunmen at Ado Ekiti, as a sad and irreparable loss.

"I was shocked and greatly saddened by the news of the death of my own ward councilor in Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State. This is unfortunate and an irreparable loss. I extend my heartfelt condolences to the Family of the dead, may God almighty grant them the fortitude to bear the loss. 

"I commiserate with His Excellency the immediate Deputy Governor of Ekiti State and PDP Governorship candidate of Ekiti State in the July 14 2018,Prof Kolapo Olusola Eleka, the People's Democratic Party PDP Ekiti State Chapter and the people of the state particularly Ado-Ekiti in Ward 9, our leader in the zone, Hon Azeez AMojeed, H.E Dr Sikiru Tai Lawal, Hon Marchester and others, the state PDP chairman Barr Gboyega Oguntuase. It is my prayer that the souls of the departed rest in peace. I empathize with the members of the PDP Ado Local Government Area at this difficult time."