Cultists suspected to belong to the Aye confraternity have killed a park revenue collector and burnt his body in Osogbo, Osun state capital.
The victim, Waheed Abioye
was reportedly abducted by the cultists and taken to an unknown location where he was killed.
His right leg was first cut off after which he was dragged into a bush to die and his body was subsequently set on fire, Vanguard reports.
Confirming the incident, the spokesperson of Osun Police Command, Yemisi Opalola said, police operatives got information that on 13th December 2022 at about 9:40 pm, some yet-to-be-identified armed men brought the body of a man, later identified as Abioye Waheed by his wife to a refuse dump site at Arikalamu area of Osogbo.
“Furthermore, Abioye Waheed was burnt to death beyond recognition by the unknown armed men who also cut off his right leg. The corpse has been removed from Olorunda by Olorunda LGA environmental agency to UNIOSUN Teaching Hospital Mortuary as further investigation is ongoing to arrest and prosecute the offenders”, she said.
Rivers state
In a similar development, cultists invaded the Abarikpo community, in Ahoada East Local Government Area, Rivers State on Thursday and killed two people.
A source, who asked not to be named told Saturday Vanguard that members of an Iceland cult group invaded the community at about 2 am in search of their unit leader James Bright aka Borokiri whom they accused of converting to his personal use weapons belonging to the group.
The source further said that Bright, who had been terrorizing the area engaged the invading faction in a gun battle resulting in the death of two of the cultists.
The spokesperson for the Rivers State Police Command, SP Grace Iringe-Koko, confirmed the incident noting that the Police intervened to end the cult war and thereafter, trailed James Bright to his hideout where he was killed in a crossfire with the police.
She said officers have been deployed to the area and calm has been restored while the investigation has begun.
Crime
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