Expressing the community’s shock, one of the traditional rulers stated, “We heard that the chief who is a popular traditional chief and member of the Akarigbo in-council was killed last night.
He is popularly called Baasegun, we however can’t say these are the people who did these terrible acts. We leave the police and other security agencies to do their job.”
A Sagamu Local Government employee, who preferred anonymity, disclosed that the incident led to the abrupt closure of the local government offices for the day, as workers sought to avoid any potential violence resulting from the killing.
The source conveyed, “Already, tension is very high in the town as I speak to you; workers are already moving out of the local government secretariat to avoid being caught in any form of crisis.
Many are saying the man was killed by cultists but no one could really confirm this; the information is still scanty now.”
Despite efforts to obtain a response from the Ogun State Police Command’s spokesperson, SP Omolola, there has been no update at the time of filing this report.
Further details are anticipated later.
