Tension gripped the residents of Ijaye
in Abeokuta, Ogun State capital on Monday following the alleged killing
of a Muslim cleric, Lateef Amusa, by a masquerader on Sunday.
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According to source, the police command in the state said it arrested four suspects, including a masquerader, for the killing.
Thirty-year-old Amusa was allegedly shot
dead by a masquerader popularly known as, Leyin Aponle, during the
celebrations of the annual Egungun Festival in Ijaye.
The victim, who was said to be riding on
a motorcycle, allegedly defied the earlier warning from the masquerade
to disembark from the motorbike shortly before the incident occurred.
The alleged defiance of the
masquerader’s order by the deceased resulted in the former shooting at
the Islamic cleric who immediately fell and died on the spot.
The killing infuriated members of his
sect who on Monday morning invaded Ijaye, armed with kegs of petrol and
other dangerous weapons and attacked the family house of the masquerader
which they set ablaze.
The sect members were said to have also
removed the masquerader’s costume which they dragged to the street
entrance before setting it ablaze. They also destroyed the masquerader’s
other paraphernalia.
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