3 cultists hack graduate to death, escape on motorcycle

A graduate of the Tai Solarin University of Education (TASUED), Ijagun, Ijebu Ode, has been killed by unidentified gunmen suspected to be cultists.

Femi Adebanjo, aka Efrebor, was waylaid by three gunmen who shot him and hacked him to death with machetes at Fatina Junction.

According to reports, Adebanjo who was on a motorcycle had been trailed by his attackers were also on a motorcycle.

They reportedly riddled his body with bullets before attacking him with machetes.

A resident of the area said he witnessed the gruesome killing.

“It was at about 6pm at the Fatina Junction. The men waylaid a motorcycle, which was conveying Adebanjo, and rained bullets on him," the source said.

"They later dragged him to a corner and began to cut him with machetes.

“No one could move near them until they were through and left the scene on their motorcycle.

"It was a very terrible scene.

"Some people later called the police to report the matter. The officers came to remove the corpse in their van."

A police source preliminary investigation showed that the attack was cult-related.

Confirming the incident, the Ogun State Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Muyiwa Adejobi, said investigations were ongoing to apprehend the killers.

He said the police had released the body to the family for burial