Cultists kill Ogun community leader’s son, one other

Some suspected cultists on Friday night reportedly killed a 48-year-old Point-of-Sale operator, Fatai Kehinde, under Kuto bridge, Abeokuta.

The PoS operator popularly called Faity and son of the Baale of Kuto Community, Abeokuta, was said to have been butchered by his assailants who chased him from his shop inside Kuto market to Kuto under bridge.

The killing came on the heel of the murder of another young man said to be a barber at Isale Oja Kuto about four days ago.

Our Correspondent gathered that the victims were most likely to have been killed by the same deadly cult rival group because it was the same SUV which the killers of the barbers brought that the assailants of Faity also brought on Friday.

Faity was reportedly buried on Saturday at about 2pm

Speaking with Sunday PUNCH on Saturday, a reliable source within Kuto community said, “The killing happened last night at about 11pm. He is popularly called Faity; he is the son of Baale of Kuto. He operates a PoS shop and was about closing for the day when his killers drove to his shop.

“One of them was said to have pretended to be a customer that wanted to withdraw money when about three other guys who wore masks came out and shot at their target.

“However, the shot was said not to have penetrated. So, he tried to escape by taking to his heels but his assailants caught up with him under the Kuto bridge and butchered him to death.

“It’s possible that the assailants who killed Faity were the same gang who murdered the barber at Isale Oja Kuto about four days ago because we gathered that the assailants used the same SUV for their dastardly act”.

The Commissioner of Police, Abiodun Alamutu, on Saturday confirmed the sad development.

The CP said, “The Command is aware of the two incidents and efforts are ongoing to apprehend the those behind the killings”.

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