Aide, Rival Arrested in Politician’s Slaying
Police investigating the killing of a Nigerian politician arrested a state senator and the victim’s campaign manager as suspects in his death.
Funsho Williams was found strangled in his home Thursday with his hands and legs tied. A potential gubernatorial candidate, Williams had vowed to wrest control of wealthy Lagos, Nigeria’s most populous state, from the opposition Alliance for Democracy party in April elections.
The senator arrested in the slaying, former Works Minister Kingsley Adeseye Ogunlewe, was Williams’ rival for the party’s nomination for the governorship. Their supporters clashed at a campaign rally Sunday.
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