By AFP 10 August 2023 | 1:54 am Ecuadoran presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio was shot dead after holding a rally in Quito on Wednesday evening, top officials said. People take cover after shots were fired at the end of a rally of Ecuadorian presidential cadidate Fernando Villavicencio in Quito, on August 9, 2023. – Ecuadorian presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio was shot dead after holding a rally in Quito on Wednesday evening, local media reported, citing Interior Minister Juan Zapata. Mr. Villavicencio, a 59-year-old journalist, was one of eight candidates in the August 20 presidential election. (Photo by STRINGER / AFP) Ecuadoran presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio was shot dead after holding a rally in Quito on Wednesday evening, top officials said. President Guillermo Lasso confirmed Villavicencio’s death in a statement on Twitter, renamed X, vowing that “this crime will not go unpunished.” Local media, citing Interior Minister Juan Zapata, said Villavicencio was shot dead after the rally. The 59-year-old centrist was one of eight candidates in the first round of the presidential election scheduled for August 20. Lasso said he had summoned his top security officials for an urgent meeting on “this event that has shocked the country.” “Organized crime has gone too far, but the full weight of the law will be applied to them,” Lasso said in his post. Latest 9 mins ago The 1998 set of St Anthony’s Model College Alumni Association has elected an interim executive committee that would steer the leadership of the association for the next couple of years. 13 mins ago Ecuadoran presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio was shot dead after holding a rally in Quito on Wednesday evening, top officials said. 13 mins ago The way and manner government’s officials handling national projects go about the jobs whereby expensive equipment at project sites are allowed to be stolen by thieves and saboteurs often leaves a complete sour taste in the mouth 15 mins ago A student of City of Knowledge Academy, Bolurinwa Fabuyi, who represented Nigeria at the just concluded World Microsoft Specialist Competition in Florida, United States, emerged ninth out of 120 participants from 30 countries, and first in Africa. 29 mins ago Pinnacle Oil and Gas Limited has announced the appointment of Robert Dickerman as Chief Executive Officer (CEO). The appointment was made at the company’s board meeting in Kano, yesterday.
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