Suspected Gunmen has reportedly killed a member of the People Democratic Party (PDP) in Otor-Owhe, Isoko North Local Government Area of Delta state.
The deceased, Mr. Christopher Ojayanso, was said to have been trailed to his house where he was shot dead by the gunmen in the presence of his wife and children.
The incident which happened during the early hours of Sunday, saw the gunmen escape with the car of the deceased.
“They were operating in the area but ran out of fuel and wanted a get-away car. So they traced an outside bulb light which was shining at the dead of the night to Olovie’s residence maybe thinking he must be a ‘big man’ to have his generator set on at that time”, a source said.
Olovie who was a personal driver to a former Majority leader of the Delta State House of Assembly, late Tim Oghenekome Owhefere, was said to have shown resistance when the gunmen gained entrance into his house and asked for his car keys, which made them fired shots at him, leaving his wife injured.
Confirming the incident, a former media aide to the late lawmaker, Palmer Ogheneyole Nathaniel wrote; “For us at Tim Kome Owhefere Political Family, it is a sad day for us. In the early hours of this morning, one of us, Mr. Christopher Ojayanso popularly called Olovie was gruesomely shut dead before his wife and kids by men of the underworld.
“This is one death too many. We are in deep sorrows and grief. Such shouldn’t have happened at all. While we pray to God to grant the family he left behind the fortitude to soldier on, we call on the police and other security agencies to leave no stone unturned to unravel and punish accordingly the perpetrators of this heinous crime. Rest In Peace, Senior man. It is well”.
