An unknown gunmen, yesterday at a church in Ijebu-Igbo, Ogun State killed a 69-year-old man, Chief Tola Okuneye, also known as Ajagajigi.
Ajagajigi was killed during a church service at St. John Anglican Church, Oke-Sopen. Report has it that five gunmen, who rode in vehicles painted in Lagos commercial yellow colour, stormed the church and shot him at about 11a.m.
The assailants who also pretended to be worshippers, When they saw Okuneye, Chairman of the Oodua Peoples Congress (OPC) and Chairman of the Police Community Relations Committee, they shot him in the head and chest. He died on the spot.
Confusion emanated within and outside the church, when gunshots rang out repeatedly. “Many were injured in the ensuing stampede,” a witness said.
