Lawmaker shot dead by suspected ass*ssins in Delta – TheNigerialawyer

A councillor and Majority Leader of Sapele Local Government
Legislative Arm, Delta state Chief Venture Kagbude, has been
reportedly shot dead by suspected assassins.

It was gathered that the tragic incident occurred at about 6 pm
on Tuesday along the Sapele/Effurun/Warri Road.

Chief Kagbude, was the Chairman of Okirighre community in Sapele
council area, as well as the chairman of the Host Communities of
Nigeria Producing Oil and Gas (HOSTCOM), in the local government
area, until his death.

According to reports, the deceased was returning from Okuoke
community located along the said road, where he had gone to inspect
a house under construction for his mother.

Unfortunately, the unknown gunmen waylaid and shot him dead.

Director of the Asaba and Osubi International Airport, Austin
Ayemidejor, while reacting to Kagbude’s death said, “it is sad
news, a young man dreams to build a better society and is cut short
by gunmen. He will surely be missed”.

However, an undisclosed source related to the victim claimed
that the late lawmaker was one of the frontiers against cultism and
ritual activities in the area, adding that his demise must have
resulted from his efforts, alongside the LGA chairman, “against
cultism few months ago. I am sure his death must have come from
there.”

A senior police officer at the Sapele Police Area Command, name
withheld, confirmed the development, stating that a search for the
killers has commenced.

But efforts to get official comments from the Delta State Police
Command proved abortive, as repeated calls to the State Police
Commissioner, Mr. Adeyinka Adeleke, mobile phone were not answered
as at the time of filing this report.