Osun APC Leaders Demand Justice For Slain Party Chieftain

The leader of the elected chairmen on the platform of the All Progressives Congress in Osun State, Abiodun Idowu, has called on the police in the state to intensify the investigation and unravel the circumstances surrounding the alleged killing of a member of the party, Honourable Remi Abass, in Ikire, Irewole Local Government Area of Osun State.

Abass, a chieftain of the APC, was one of the six casualties confirmed dead in the February 17, 2025, state-wide mayhem that followed the resumption in the LG secretariat across the state by the chairmen and councillors elected in the October 25, 2022 poll.

He was reportedly killed at the entrance to the Irewole Local Government secretariat in Ikire by suspected hoodlums.

The slain politician was said to have gone to the premises to enforce the judgment of the Court of Appeal, Akure Division, which allowed an appeal filed against the verdict of Justice Nathaniel Ayo-Emmanuel of an Osogbo Federal High Court, which sacked the officials on November 25, 2022.

The APC and the People’s Democratic Party in the state have traded blame over the mayhem.

They also gave different casualty figures of their members said to have been killed during the crises which led to loss of lives in Iragbiji and Bode Osi, among others.

Giving an update on the probe into the matter during an interview recently, the chairman of APC elected local government chairmen in Osun, Abiodun Idowu, noted that police had commenced an investigation into Abass’ death.

“I am sure police are working seriously on the probe of Remi Abass’ death. I want to say that the police should work more on the investigation so as to unravel the circumstances behind the killing, so that such a thing will not repeat itself in the future. We are aware police investigators are still working on the incident. They are working on it and we are sure they will get to the root of the matter,” Idowu said.

Responding to enquiry by OSUN DEFENDER, the new Police Public Relations Officer in the state, SP Akeem Adeoye, promised to get back on any development on the case.

But the medium reliably gathered that six suspects have been arrested in connection with the case.