“I saw an antelope in the bush, which I shot at with my dane gun; but was surprised when I went to pick the antelope and met Baba Imam on the ground.”
This was the statement of a hunter who was arrested by police for killing the chief Imam in Osun State, Adegun Yusuf.
The 78-year-old Islamic cleric was a resident of Alaguntan village in Orile-Owu, Aiyedaade Local Government Area.
Police Public Relations Officer, S.P Yemisi Opalola said that on April 17, at about 11:30 a.m, a complainant from the Ogbere Oloba area of Ibadan reported the matter at a police station, that the Imam of Alaguntan was shot dead by a hunter from the same village.
Opaola said that the shooter confessed to the alleged crime which occurred when he was on a hunting expedition.
“He saw an antelope in the bush, which he shot at with his dane gun; he was surprised when he went to pick the antelope and met Baba Imam on the ground.”
The police spokesman said that the suspect would be charged to court after the completion of investigation.
