The Tribune reported
that a pastor of The Apostolic Church, Oke Afata, Gbongan in Osun State
on Wednesday, hacked another pastor, one Julius Olusoji Oguntoye, to
death after accusing him of stealing his glory.
It was gathered that the murder took
place at about 8.00 p.m. in
front of the mission house of The Apostolic Church, Okeola, Gbongan,
which was the deceased’s official residence.
Immediately the Divisional Police Officer of Gbongan Division
received the information, he reportedly led other detectives to the
scene where they recovered the cutlass used by Adepoju to inflict fatal
injuries on his fellow pastor, and he confessed to the crime.
Trouble started at about 6.40p.m. when Pastor Adepoju reportedly left
his residence with a cutlass and went to Oguntoye’s official residence,
and accused him of casting a spell on him, thereby ‘stealing his glory’
and those of his children.
He was also said to have alleged that the deceased rained curses on him, warning him to stop all those things.
We further gathered that the murder suspect thereafter engaged the late
pastor in a fight during which he used a sharp cutlass to inflict a deep
cut on the chest and stomach of the deceased, resulting in multiple
injuries and instant death.
Confirming the incident, the police spokesperson in Osun state Police
Command, Folasade Odoro, a Deputy Superintendent of Police said that the
suspect had been arrested and transferred to the State Criminal
Investigation Department (SCID), Osogbo, while the remains of the
deceased had been deposited at the General Hospital Mortuary, Ile-Ife
for autopsy.
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