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From Lateef Dada, Osogbo
Panic gripped residents of Ofatedo in Egbedore Local Government Area of Osun State, yesterday, as a 43-year-old man, Yinusa Okunloye, was shot dead by suspected cultists.
The victim was reportedly shot in his residence on Olofa Street, Ofatedo, at midnight on Saturday. It was gathered that the assailants stormed the victim’s house on motorcycles.
Sources told Sunday Sun that the victim was found in his room where he was shot in the chest.
A resident of the area who pleaded anonymity said: “I heard the sound of a motorcycle and when I peeped through the window, there were three men outside. They called out the victim’s name and he opened his door to attend to them.
“After a few seconds of discussion, one of the suspects shot him in the chest at close range, and he died a few minutes after they left.”
The spokesperson of the Osun State police command, Yemisi Opalola, confirmed the incident.
She said the incident was reported to the police the same day by a neighbour in the house.
Opalola said the investigation had commenced into the matter, adding that the body of the deceased had been evacuated and deposited in Osun State University Teaching Hospital’s morgue.
