The Osun State Police Command said suspected cultists in the early hours of Saturday invaded a residence in Ofatedo, Egbedore Local Government Area and allegedly shot and killed a 43-year-old man, Yinusa Okunloye.
Spokesperson of the Command, SP Yemisi Opalola, made this known in a statement she issued on Saturday.
Opalola said the police were on the trail of the culprits.
According to available information, the deceased was the son of the Olofa of Ofatedo, the monarch of the town.
Opalola 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.”
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.
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