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EKO HOT BLOG reports that palpable tension has gripped residents of Osun as suspected cult group have reportedly killed the son of Oba Abdulahi Okunloye the Olofa of Ofatedo, Yinusa Okunloye.
Okunloye, 43, was murdered in the wee hours of Saturday at his residence in Ofatedo, Egbedore Local Government area of Osun State.
Sources told DAILY POST that the prince was called out of his house around 12am on Saturday and was shot in the chest.
Fear gripped the hearts of people in the community as some men in a car welding guns were spotted around 8am on Saturday at Ofatedo.
There was a roadblock as at 8am in the community while businesses were closed down.
Confirming the incident, the Osun State Police Command Public Relations Officer, SP Yemisi Opalola, said a group of suspected cultists numbering three invaded Olofa street, Ofatedo and called Okunloye out of his room and shot him in his chest.
She disclosed that the prince later died and his remains deposited at UNIOSUN Teaching Hospital mortuary for autopsy.
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Opalola said no arrest has been made but promised that “frantic efforts are on to arrest the suspects.”
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