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POSSIBLE REASONS BEHIND THE MURDER OF C.C.C. SHEPHERD, YOMI ADETULA
Kayode Ajala
Tragedy struck on Sunday, 19th January, 2025, when gunmen suspected to be hired assassins shot and killed the Shepherd-in-Charge of a Celestial Church of Christ (C.C.C.) parish in Idiroko border town of Ipokia Local Government area of Ogun State.
The deceased, identified as Yomi Adetula, was shot dead right inside his church during the Sunday Service around 11a.m. while preaching.
An eyewitness at the scene told LEADERSHIP that Adetula’s assailants, wielding AK-47 rifles and numbering about six, all clad in Celestial Church’s garments, stormed the Celestial Church located at the Odo Eran area of the Old Garage Road in Idiroko, where they rained bullets on the deceased Shepherd, waiting to certify him dead and dismembering his body inside the church before leaving the scene.
LEADERSHIP further gathered that the deceased was the Idiroko Unit Commander of the Ogun State Community, Social Orientation and Safety Corps, popularly known as So-SAFE Corps; one of the community security outfits established and funded by the Ogun State government.
While the reasons behind the murder could not be immediately ascertained, our correspondent however, gathered that late Adetula had for the past few months been having running battles with certain smuggling cartels in Idiroko Border town, which necessitated his transfer to the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) in December 2024.
Sources within his church in Idiroko also confided in this newspaper that the development led to the forceful closure of his church in December by some suspected smugglers.
The State Commander of So-SAFE Corps, Soji Ganzalo, who confirmed the incident said that he received the news of Adetula’s assassination with a rude shock.
Ganzalo however, assured that the Corps would not relent until the matter is properly investigated, while also promising to assist appropriate security agencies with necessary information that could lead to the arrest of the suspects.
Written by Femi Oyeweso
Copyright ©️ Leadership Newspaper
May God grant the family the fortitude to bear the irreplaceable loss in Jesus name. Amen.
Comment (1)
Ass ven sup adeoye adebayo olufemi
Adetula was my former church member when i was at idiroko so i know him well for his stance against smuggling around idiroko as awhole even times without number against the custom officials that aid and abett smugglings in idiroko and environs and he is also having running battles presently with some cartels in the area for stopping their businesses may God grant him eternal rest