Suspected cultists kill security guard in Lagos

A information guard, identified simply arsenic Godwin, has reportedly been killed by suspected cultists successful the Abule Ijesha country of Yaba, Lagos State.

The incident, which occurred on Saturday evening, reportedly threw residents into panic arsenic gunshots rang retired successful the neighbourhood.

A constabulary source, who spoke connected information of anonymity due to the fact that helium was not authorised to remark connected the matter, said the attackers arrived successful a vehicle, confronted the unfortunate adjacent his spot of enactment and changeable him successful the caput earlier allegedly attacking him with an axe.

“We received a study that gunmen suspected to beryllium cultists killed a information defender identified arsenic Godwin successful the area. The assailants came successful a conveyance and changeable him not acold from his work post. Eyewitnesses besides reported that they attacked him with an axe,” the root said.

The root added that the gunmen fired respective shots into the aerial arsenic they fled the scene, triggering panic among residents and passersby.

Police authorities person since commenced an probe into the killing, with efforts underway to place and apprehension those liable for the attack.

Meanwhile, an anti-cultism platform, Naija Confra, claimed successful a station seen on Sunday that 3 different persons sustained gunshot wounds during the incident.

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