A Christ Apostolic Church pastor, Oluwarotimi
Akinroyeje, has been shot dead at the church’s mission house in the Ago Gbooro
area of Ore, in the Odigbo Local Government Area of Ondo State.
According to a source, a masked gunman entered
the mission house at about 1am on Monday and went straight to where the pastor
was, and shot him at close range with a locally-made gun.
The source said the motive behind the killing was
unknown, adding that the assailant did not take anything from the cleric after
shooting him dead.
“The man, who wore a mask, entered into the mission house in the middle of the
night and brought out a locally-made gun. He shot the pastor dead and did not
take anything when he was going; he just killed him and left,” the source said.
The Public Relations Officer of the Ondo State
Police Command, Mr. Femi Joseph, confirmed the incident, adding that the
command had commenced investigation into the case.
He, however, alleged that the deceased’s family
members were not cooperating with the command on investigation, saying they had
refused to honour police invitation.
He said, “The family of the deceased should do
well to cooperate with the police. They have not been assisting us in our
investigation; their only concern is for us to release the corpse to them for
burial.
“It will be good if the family can be feeding us
with useful information. We are not magicians; it is from the information we
get that we can have our lead and arrest the perpetrator.
“What the family is doing on the matter is not
good enough.”
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