Suspected cultists allegedly beat man to death over missing phone in Lagos

A young antheral identified arsenic Azeez has reportedly died aft helium was allegedly assaulted by suspected cultists pursuing a quality implicit a missing mobile telephone successful the Oko-Oba country of Agege, Lagos State.

A constabulary source, who spoke with our analogous on Sunday, said the incidental occurred connected Monday, August 3, aft Azeez and immoderate associates reportedly became progressive successful an statement implicit a missing telephone pursuing a party.

According to the source, the disagreement escalated into a carnal onslaught connected Azeez by immoderate of the suspected cultists, who were said to beryllium his friends. He reportedly sustained injuries during the battle and aboriginal died.

“We got a study that helium passed distant arsenic a effect of an battle connected him by immoderate suspected cultists said to beryllium his friends. The statement was arsenic a effect of a missing phone,” the root said.

An anti-cultism advocacy platform, Naija Confra, provided a abstracted relationship of the incidental successful a station published on Saturday, alleging that the events began during a day solemnisation on Sunday night, August 2.

The level claimed that a combat broke retired astatine the gathering and that a antheral identified arsenic Abela allegedly picked up a telephone and handed it to Azeez.

According to the account, the phone’s proprietor aboriginal realised it was missing and began searching for it. When the instrumentality was yet traced to Azeez, helium allegedly explained that Abela had given...