Following the fracas that started in Ekiti state government yesterday, a former chairman of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) in the State and staunch supporter of Mr Ayo Fayose, Mr. Omolafe Aderiye was yesterday evening shot dead by four unknown gunmen at the Ijigbo area of Ado-Ekiti the state capital.


Mr Aderiye was accosted and shot at close range while on his way home after a meeting with the governor elect. 

Reports say he was present at the Ekiti state high court yesterday where a Judge was beaten up by pro-Fayose "supporters".