Yaya Dillo was a fierce opponent of Chad's transitional president, his cousin Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno.
Chadian opposition politician Yaya Dillo was killed on Wednesday during an exchange of fire with security forces, prosecutor Oumar Mahamat Kedelaye said.
Heavy gunfire had been heard on Wednesday in the capital N'Djamena near the headquarters of his opposition party, a Reuters witness said, after several people were killed in earlier clashes near the country's internal security agency building.
The authorities blamed the clashes on activists from the opposition Socialist Party Without Borders (PSF), headed by Dillo
Dillo is a fierce opponent of Chad's transitional president, his cousin Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno.
Chad is scheduled to hold a presidential election on May 6, which both Deby and Dillo intended to contest.
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