Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State on Saturday declared that herdsmen were not liable for the killing of Dr. Fatai Aborode.

The ex-lawmaker was waylaid by suspected kidnappers at a nearby village in Igangan, Ibarapa North Local Government Area of Oyo State.

Makinde who spoke on Saturday morning throughout a program on the Broadcasting Company of Oyo State (BCOS) detonated, ”Aborode’s killing is political.”

While many people believed that the PDP chieftain was killed by suspected herdsmen, Makinde however, said that herdsmen were not accountable for the killing.

The governor claimed he spent an evening in Ibarapa geopolitical zone just lately, including that he interacted with the daddy of the deceased, who revealed that the demise of his son was political.

He added that each one the folks concerned within the killing can be investigated.

Makinde mentioned, “I used to be the coordinator for PDP in Ibadan North East when Dr. Aborode was the coordinator for PDP in Ibarapa North Native authorities space after we returned to PDP.

“Dr. Aborode shouldn’t be somebody who is much from me. I’m not saying that there are not any dangerous eggs among the many Fulani herdsmen, however, they aren’t those liable for the killing.

“I spent two days in Ibarapa and I interacted with the folks. I spoke with the daddy.

“I requested him what occurred. They instructed me that, Dr. Aborode was not the one which drove himself to the farm. He was carried on the bike after they had been going. He sat on the again. However after they had been coming, it was one other individual. I requested the place is the person who drove the bike, they mentioned that he got here to the home to hunt assist.

“They instructed me that some individuals who noticed them in the course of the interplay mentioned that these individuals are not Fulani. They had been talking Yoruba.

“The daddy instructed me that the demise was political. And I referred to as the Commissioner of Police.

“I requested after the motorcyclist that carried him. They mentioned that they didn’t injure him. He got here dwelling to hunt assist. And some days in the past, they mentioned that they’ve introduced the individual. All of them should be investigated”.