Suspected cultists have invaded a residence in Ofatedo, Egbedore Local Government in Osun State, and allegedly shot and killed a 43-year-old man, Yinusa Okunloye, on Saturday.
This was disclosed by SP Yemisi Opalola, Osun Police Spokesperson, a statement on Saturday.
She said that the police were, however, on the trail of the culprits.
The statement reads, 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.”
She 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.
