Nigeria, April 28 -- Days after the conclusion of the governorship primaries of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ondo State, a leading member of the Lucky Aiyedatiwa campaign organisation, Alaba Abbey, was assassinated.

Some aspirants have contested the outcome of the primaries despite the intervention of the party leadership to alleviate them.

Mr Abbey was reported to have been shot dead on Saturday by yet-to-be-identified assailants at his home in Supare Akoko, Akoko South West Local Government Area.

The deceased was a ward coordinator for the Lucky Aiyedatiwa Campaign Organisation Foot-Soldiers (LACO-SF). He was the returning officer for the party primary at his Ward 10 in the council.

According to his elder brother, Samuel A...