Gunman, suspected to be cult member, Segun Ogunfunmilayo, has been arrested by Osun State Police Command for allegedly shooting a grocery seller in the Ede area of the state.
It was gathered that the horrible incident occurred on March 8, 2025, at about 9:00 PM in the Buhari/Ishola area, Ede town.
Segun had reportedly bought a bottle of energy drink from the victim and promised to transfer the amount to him.
INFORMATION NIGERIA learnt that, when the seller did not see the transfer alert, he approached the suspect and requested that he pay his money, which got the suspect angry.
This was contained in a statement by acting Spokesperson for Osun State Police Command, Ademola Adeoye on Thursday.
Adeola noted that apart from the energy drink the suspect bought, he also took a sum of N400 and promised to transfer a total of N900 to the victim.
The statement partly reads: “On March 8, 2025, at about 9:00 pm, Segun Ogunfunmilayo went to the complainant’s shop located in the Bihari/Ishola area, Ede, Osun State and bought an energy drink at the rate of N500, he demanded cash of N400 from the complainant so that he could transfer the sum of N900 to him which he obliged.
“When he did not receive credit notification of the sum of N900 said to have been transferred by the suspect; he went to inform the suspect that he hadn’t received the alert.
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“To his surprise, the suspect brought out a cut-to-size pistol from his bag and shot him in his left hand and right arm and took to his heels.
“On receipt of the report, the police swung into action in collaboration with the Civilian JTF and trailed the suspect to his hideout where he was arrested. One cut-to-size pistol and a live cartridge were recovered from the suspect as exhibits.
“The suspect who confessed to being a member of the Alora cult group will be charged to court after the completion of the investigation.”
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