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.
Saturday Tribune 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.
Saturday Tribune 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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