Gunmen suspected to be members of the Aiye cult group have killed a popular ‘area boy’ known as Matasaka in Abeokuta on Sunday night.
The assailants shot the deceased, who is suspected to be a member of the Eiye cult group, and then hacked him to death in front of a popular lounge, B-Side, at Quarry road in the state capital.
The killing came two months after a popular ‘area boy’ in Abeokuta, known as Tommy, was hacked to death at Panseke bus stop in Abeokuta.
Tommy’s death triggered reprisals that led to the death of at least, 16 people.
It was gathered that Matasaka was a suspected member of the Aiye cult, fuelling speculations that his killing might be revenge for Tommy’s death by his members.
Recall that no fewer than 15 young men were killed a few days after the murder of Tommy, despite the police setting up a special squad which arrested scores of the suspected cultists.
A source disclosed that the victim was sighted by his killers at the gate of the popular lounge and was shot repeatedly.
“After the victim fell down, the killers went further to butcher him before fleeing the scene,” the source said.
The Ogun State police spokesman, Abimbola Oyeyemi, said he could not speak at the time he was called and did not respond to text messages sent to him.