Suspected cultists kill man in Ibadan

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Suspected cultists kill man in Ibadan

The Oyo State Police Command has confirmed the killing of a yet-to-be-identified man by suspected cultists in the early hours of Sunday.

The police said that the incident took place at a popular lounge in the Bodija area of Ibadan.

This was contained in a statement by the command’s spokesman, CSP Adewale Osifeso, on Sunday in Ibadan, the state capital.

“The Oyo State Police Command has commenced an immediate inquiry into the Bodija murder incident that occurred during the early hours of Sunday.

“Preliminary investigations revealed that a yet-to-be-identified man was chased and shot dead a few blocks away from the popular lounge located in Bodija, Ibadan.

“Preliminary investigations revealed that the murder is cult-related,” he said.

According to the police spokesman, police personnel had been deployed in the area to maintain law and order, and normalcy had been restored.

He, however, said that reports circulating on social media that the police accidentally killed an onlooker (student) while trying to disperse people at the scene of the crime were not true.

Osifeso insisted that nobody was killed during or after the police dispersed onlookers from the crime scene.

He said that the case has been referred to the Homicide Section of the State Criminal Investigation Department, Iyaganku.

He said Commissioner of Police Ayodele Sonubi had directed a Deputy Commissioner of Police to investigate the case.