BY GBENGA ARIYIBI

ADO EKITI — Two supporters  of Hon. Opeyemi Bamidele, were reportedly shot by gun-men at Emure Ekiti Sunday night while attending a political meeting, with one of the victims dying few hours after.

Bamidele, a member of All Progressives Congress, APC, representing Ado Ekiti, Irepodun -Ifelodun Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, plans to contest against the incumbent governor  Kayode Fayemi in next year’s governorship election in the state.

According to a source at the meeting, who pleaded anonymity, the duo were shot by the gun-men who intruded  into the venue of the meeting.

Shortly after the deed was done,  the killers who came on motor bikes were said to have disappeared into thin air

A statement by Mr. Ahmed Salami, an aide to Bamidele in Ado Ekiti yesterday described the killing as political.

According to Ahmed: “Mr.  Foluso  Ogundare was shot at a close range in the stomach by his killer, while the other victim, Mrs. Beatrice Ige, who was shot at the buttock and seriously wounded, is now receiving treatment at the Ekiti State University Teaching Hospital, Ado Ekiti.

“Bibire Coalition members were  holding their  meeting at Ward 03 in Emure Ekiti when gun-wielding goons besieged  the place and started shooting sporadically.

“In the process, the two members of the group, were shot  at close range and in various parts of their bodies.

Specifically, Mr. Ogundare was shot in the stomach  and later died at about 10.25p.m. Sunday night  at Federal Medical Centre, Ido Ekiti, while Mrs. Beatrice Ige was shot in the buttock and is currently being treated at the Ekiti State Teaching Hospital, Ado-Ekiti.

The Police image maker in the state, Mr. Victor Babayemi confirmed the killing, saying the police had dispatched officers to unravel the circumstances surrounding the killing of the 37-year-old timber contractor.

“ l am yet to get the details of the incident, but  l  learnt the sister of the deceased came to Emure Police Station yesterday to report the incident. The Command has dispatched some of its men to get to the root of the matter.”

Meantime, an Afenifere Chieftain and Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, governorship aspirant in Ekiti State, Prince Dayo Adeyeye had called on the police to brace up and arrest the perpetrators of all political killings in the state.