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Samuel Kayode alias Ekpo Kinkin, the Vice-Chairman of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW), has been gunned down in the Agboju area of Lagos State.
Channels TV reports that Ekpo Kinkin who was a member of the ruling All Progressives Congress was at a rally organized by the party at Oriade Local Development Area when the gunmen invaded the venue on Thursday and shot him dead.
According to eyewitnesses, a gunshot was heard from the crowd outside while the meeting was ongoing, a development that forced residents partaking in the rally to flee for their dear lives.
It was learned that when those inside the hall rushed to the scene, Ekpo Kinkin was found in the pool of his blood.
However, NURTW in Lagos State confirmed the incident to The Punch, noting that the deceased was trying to protect a fellow politician when he was killed.
“He was protecting a fellow politician, Wale Yusuf, from harassment when the gunmen shot him dead,” said Jimoh Buhari, the spokesman for the NURTW Chairman, Musiliu Akinsanya.
It was also gathered that the lawmaker representing Amuwo Odofin Constituency 2 in the Lagos State House of Assembly, Honourable Olawale Rauf Age-Sulaiman, narrowly escaped death during the rally.
The state Police Public Relations Officer, Muyiwa Adejobi, is yet to react to the development.
