Nigeria, May 20 -- The chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ward 5 of Ose Local Government Area, Nelson Adepoyigi, was killed by kidnappers in the presence of other captives, an official has said.

"The eyewitness account said he was killed. The two people who were released confirmed that it was in their presence that he was killed," Ose LGA chairman Clement Ojo told PREMIUM TIMES on Monday.

Security agencies and local vigilante groups in Ose are now searching for his corpse.

Mr Adepoyigi was reportedly killed on Thursday, after ransom and food items were collected by his captors.

PREMIUM TIMES reports that Mr Adepoyigi was the chairman of the APC in Ward 5 of Ose LGA. He was abducted at his residence located along Ifon-O...