Nigeria (Osun)-A Chieftain of Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP) in Ilesa East Local Government Area of Osun State, Mr. Alaba Agunmo was stabbed to death by suspected thugs at his Irojo area of Ilesa.

Sources revealed that thugs lured the victim to the back of his residence where they allegedly stabbed him on the neck till he gave up the ghost.

Speaking about the incident, the State Chairman of the PDP, Alhaji Ganiyu Olaoluwa called on the Police to investigate the murder of Agunmo, who he described as a committed member of the PDP in the state.

Olaoluwa who described the killing of Agunmo as barbaric, said the party would prosecute the killing of all its members in the last three and half years of Governor Rauf Aregbesola’s administration in the state.

He called on relevant agencies of government to protect members of the PDP in the state from untimely death.

In her statement, the Police Public Relations Officer for Osun State, Mrs Folashade Odoro, confirmed the incident

The Police Public Relations Officer PPRO for the state Police command, confirmed the development, but added that it would be wrong to jump into hasty conclusion that it was a political killing.

According to her, an argument ensued between the deceased and another person at a beer palour when the victim was allegedly stabbed but gave up the ghost at the hospital where he was rushed to.