By OLA MUDOPE, Osogbo –
Suspected cultists in the early hours of Saturday have invaded a residence in Ofatedo, Egbedore LGA of Osun State and shot a 43-year-old man, Yinusa Okunloye to death.
The spokesperson of The Osun State Police Command, SP Yemisi Opalola, confirmed the incident in a statement, adding that the police operatives are on the trail of the culprits.
She said, “Today, at about 1.30 a.m. one Ismail Azeez of No.5 Olofa Street, Ofatedo came to the Ido Osun Police Division Headquarters to report a case of attack and killing at his residence.
“He reported that about 12.00 a.m. of the same day, a group of suspected cultists, numbering three, invaded his residence and called out the victim, Yinusa Okunloye, from his room and thereafter shot him in the chest.”
SP Opalola said the victim died on the spot and his corpse was removed by the police and deposited at UniOsun Teaching Hospital in Osogbo, for autopsy.
While noting that non of the culprits had been arrested, the police spokesperson, however, assured that the command is making frantic efforts to get the cultists arrested.
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