Ogun Chief, Adeyinka Folarin Shot Dead by Gunmen at Sagamu

A Traditional Chief, Adeyinka Folarin, has been shot dead by gunmen at Sagamu in Ogun state.

The traditional chief, who was the Basegun of Itunsoku village, was shot dead by the gunmen on Monday night at his residence in Sagamu.

Two expended cartridges were recovered by the police team which rushed to the scene.

Spokesperson of the State Police Command, Omolola Odutola, confirmed the killing.

She said the traditional chief was relaxing in his residence, when three armed persons suddenly emerged and shot him dead.

The police image maker said the command is treating the incident as murder or assassination.

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The incident has spread panic in the town, which is yet to recover from killings by cultists during the recent rivalry clashes.

There was speculation that the killing was carried out by cultists who have been terrorizing the town in the past months.

The State Police Commissioner, Abiodun Alamutu, had visited the town to obtain a firsthand information on the incident.

The traditional chief was buried on Tuesday in accordance with Islamic injunctions.

One of the monarchs said, The information is correct but I don’t have much information about the incident.

We heard that the chief who is a popular traditional chief and member of Akarigbo in council was killed last night.

He is popularly called Baasegun, we however can’t say these are the people who did this terrible acts. We leave the police and other security agencies to do their job

A staff of Sagamu Local Government, who pleaded anonymity, said that the incident also made the LG workers to hurriedly shut down for the day to avoid being caught in any act of violence which the grievous killing could cause.

The source said, 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.