Updates: Test rehearsal of Kogi Governorship Race, battle of supremacy that lies ahead; APC Leader Murdered

Kogi State All Progressive Youth Leaders Ismaila Agba has been killed in Ayingba, Dekina Local Government Area, of the State.

The residents where the incident happen were thrown to panic due to the elimination of Ismaila Agba, a youth leader of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in the area.

Nation report that the APC youth leader, was also the head of the Kogi East Cashew produce unit of the revenue drive department of state government and chairman of Anyigba-Lagos loading point, died during the exchange of gun fire at Agwudoko area.

The APC leader was killed as result of exchange of gunfire, details were not given.

Some residents who narrates their ordeal about the incident said the reason behind the exchange of gunfire may be connected with the forthcoming governorship election in the state and a “test rehearsal in the battle of supremacy that lies ahead.”

“We were indoors for hours to avoid incident of stray bullets. Though the police command moved in when they got wind of the attacks, at a point, we didn’t even know who was in charge as the guns continued to boom unabated,” said a resident.

Kogi State Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Williams Aya who Confirmed the incident, said that one person died in the incident, further said that one Alhassan Idoko sustained injury from the attack.

But policr said the attacked may not be connected to politics, but a case of culpable homicide, carried oout by and unidentified gunmen, and that the command “is already on their trail.”

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