Osun man dies after dispute over N8,000 masquerade proceeds

A disagreement among 3 participants successful a masquerade procession successful Ilare community, Osun State, has led to the decease of 1 of the trio, identified simply arsenic Bukunmi, pursuing an altercation implicit proceeds from the event.

Eyewitnesses who spoke connected information of anonymity said the incidental occurred connected Friday evening aft the participants concluded activities during the Egungun festival and gathered to stock wealth realised from the procession.

According to the witnesses, the trio, Bukunmi, Femi and Pelumi, had generated a full of N8,000 during the celebrations, which aboriginal became the root of a quality among them.

One of the eyewitnesses said, “At astir 7:30 p.m., boys successful Ilare municipality were celebrating the Egungun festival and collected wealth from radical during the celebrations. At the extremity of the procession, the 3 radical successful their radical were to stock a sum of N8,000 that they made.”

The root added that an statement broke retired betwixt Bukunmi and Pelumi, who were said to beryllium members of the aforesaid family, earlier Femi intervened successful an effort to reconstruct calm.

“Femi tried to prevail connected the ...