Candidate of the Action
Congress (AC) in the 2007
governorship election in
Ogun State, Dipo Dina, was
last night shot dead in Ota
by suspected assassins.
Although details of the killing
were still sketchy as at
press time, Dina, an avowed
opponent of Gov. Gbenga
Daniel and one of the arrow
heads of the opposition in
the state, Dina was killed
around Covenant University
in Ota.
Action Congress (AC)
governorship candidate in
the 2007 general elections,
Otunba Dipo Dina is dead.
Dina was shot dead at about
9p.m. on Monday near
Canaanland, Ota on the
Sango-Ota/Idi-Iroko Road by
gunmen suspected to be
hired assassins.
Daily Sun gathered that
Otunba Dina had attended a
political rally in Sango Ota
earlier in the day.
It was not immediately known
where the AC candidate was
headed to after the rally, but
the killers were said to have
blocked his car, and as he
alighted, Dina was shot
instantly.
The killers were said to
have zoomed off towards
Agbara in Dina’s car.
They dropped off the ex-
governorship candidate’s
driver at Agbara from where
he found his way back to
Sango to report the incident
at the Sango Police Station.
Sympathisers rushed Dina to
the Ota General Hospital,
which is less than three
kilometres to the scene.
Doctors at the hospital
confirmed him dead. Sources
said his corpse was still at
the hospital as at press time.
When called on phone at
about 1.00 a.m. this morning,
Police Area Commander in
Sango Ota, Mr. Adeola
Oyelola confirmed the
incident.
Mr. Oyeola also confirmed
that Dina’s driver was with
the police who had swung
into action to unravel the
mystery behind the killing.
Former Ogun State governor
and AC chieftain, Chief
Olusegun Osoba was too
much in a shock to speak
when called on phone,
although he confirmed the
dastardly act.
National Publicity Secretary
of the party, Alhaji Lai
Muhammed, expressed
shock.
He described Dina’s death as
tragic and a big loss, not to
the AC alone, but to Ogun
State and the nation.
While reserving further
comments till the details of
the gruesome murder would
be revealed, Muhammed
said, “it is sad, very sad.”
Otunba Dina contested the
2007 gubernatorial election
and was beaten to the third
position by the incumbent
Governor Gbenga Daniel.
Dina challenged the outcome
of the election in court, but
lost.
The AC gubernatorial
candidate said in a recent
interview that if there were
credible electoral reforms,
he would contest the
gubernatorial election in
2011.
September 01, 2009, 05:28:36 AM