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Suspected bandits person killed a salient Islamic cleric, Alfa Iliasu, successful Ilesha-Baruba, Baruten Local Government Area of Kwara State.
Reports reaching DAILY POST indicated that the attackers stormed the cleric’s residence on Saturday and struck him connected the caput with a cutlass.
He was instantly rushed to a adjacent infirmary for aesculapian attraction but died earlier receiving treatment.
Alfa Iliasu was wide known crossed Baruten and neighbouring communities for his spiritual activities and his acclaimed quality to place witches, a estimation that brought him sizeable nationalist attraction implicit the years.
Sources revealed that 3 suspects were progressive successful the attack. One of the suspects was reportedly killed astatine the scene, portion different was arrested and taken into constabulary custody for further investigation.
The 3rd fishy escaped and is presently astatine large.
Meanwhile, household members, friends, Islamic scholars and sympathizers gathered to wage their past respects arsenic the precocious cleric was buried astatine the Ilesha-Baruba Muslim Cemetery successful accordance with Islamic rites.
Efforts to scope the spokesperson of the authorities constabulary command, SP Adetoun Ejire Adeyemi, astatine the clip of this study were unsuccessful.
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