Three cultists suspected to members of Aiye Confraternity shot a 27-year-old man, Oyelayo Segun Dolapo, dead and inflicted several cuts on his head with an axe at the second Gate of The Polytechnic, Ibadan, Oyo State, along Ijokodo-Apete Road at about 9am on Saturday.

The deceased?s friend, Ramoni Fagboyin, who was with him, was also shot in the thigh and had his head axed, but he managed to escape.

After ensuring the death of Dolapo, the cultists who launched the attack left him in a pool of blood and vanished into thin air.

It was learnt that Fagboyin ran to Apete police station to lodge a complaint after his narrow escape from death, and was put in protective custody.

The police in Apete Division, led by the Divisional Police Officer, were said to have gone to the scene of the incident, recovered the remains of the deceased and conveyed it to the mortuary in State Hospital, Adeoyo, Ring Road, Ibadan, for preservation and autopsy.

Fagboyin was also transferred to the Anti-Cultism Unit of Oyo State Police Command for investigation.

There is suspicion that the deceased belonged to a rival cult group, Eiye Confraternity, and his killing might have been a display of power supremacy or reprisal attack.

This incident was confirmed by the Police Public Relations Officer in Oyo State Command, SP Adewale Osifeso, and he said that investigation has commenced on the case. (Nigerian Tribune)