A 24-year-old man, Abass Olalere, a resident of Labinkulu community in Moniya area of Akinyele Local Government Area of Oyo State has been reportedly butchered by a yet-to-be-identified 12-man gang.
The gang, according to residents of the community, invaded the house of the deceased on Saturday around 9:48 pm at the village and butchered him to death in the presence of his wife and three-month-old son.
The deceased’s wife, Omolayo Olalere, who spoke with newsmen said: “We were together outside around 9:48 pm when they suddenly invaded our house. I don’t know them and my late husband had no misunderstanding with anybody before he died.
“When they came in, we quickly rushed inside the house and locked everywhere but they broke the door and destroyed our windows to gain access.
“Before they gained entrance, one of my senior wives who was outside was mercilessly beaten and almost killed. When they came inside, they told my husband to cooperate with them by lying down on the table in the parlour.
“As he did that, they started using different weapons such as daggers, axe, knife, broken bottles, and cutlasses to hit him including charms to ensure that he didn’t survive it.
“They were 12 in number and three of them covered their faces. They used masks so as not to identify them.
“After they left, we quickly rushed him to the Cureland hospital at Moniya where they later referred us to another place. But he eventually gave up the ghost yesterday. The case has been reported to the Divisional Police Station, Moniya,” she explained.
The father of the deceased, Jelili Olalere, who also spoke to newsmen, said he was yet to understand what really happened because his son was a quiet person.
The 50-year-old said, “I was shocked because my son is a quiet person. I don’t know what could have prompted those guys to invade my house and destroy many things before killing him.”
“They broke my doors, windows and destroyed all our Plasma Televisions. They used charms and other dangerous weapons to hit him before they left. We have reported the matter to the police at Moniya Divisional Police Station.”
