Tragedy struck on Friday at the Ummu Haani Adigun Memorial Central Mosque, located on B.A. Adigun Street, Ayedun Estate, Ogo Oluwa area of Osogbo, Osun state capital, when a worshipper identified as, Najeem was beaten to death by co-worshippers, in the worship centre.
Our reporter gathered that, trouble started on this ill-fated day shortly after the dawn (Fajr) prayer at the mosque, when the ceased allegedly disturbed the one going sermon of the mosque imam.
The reason for the untoward act was yet to be established as at the time of filing in this report but,It was gathered that, the departed soul who was a printer callously confronted the imam during the sermon and threatened to harm him before the imam manage to escape his wrath.
Investigations revealed that, despite the fact that, the Imam ran out of the praying centre, the deceased still given him a hot chase, forcing other worshippers to rescue him and in the process, leading to the deceased death.
An eyewitness account who identified himself as, Jimoh, told our reporter that, “the deceased stood up during the sermon, removed the standing microphone tripod and attempted to attack the Imam and the sermoner fled the mosque to avoid being assaulted.
“However, some worshippers intervened in an attempt to restrain Najeem, but the situation quickly escalated into a violent struggle that spilled outside the mosque premises.
“In the process, he was beaten during the scuffle in the mosque as, some claimed he died inside the mosque while another group of people said, the deceased later fell into a gutter in front of the mosque and this led to his death”.
Commenting on the incident, the Osun State Police Public Relations Officer, Abiodun Ojelabi confirmed the incident but explained that, the victim was not killed inside the mosque but “around the mosque premises.”
According to him, “the deceased’s body had been deposited at the Osun State Teaching Hospital mortuary, while the Divisional Police Officer and tactical teams had been deployed to maintain law and order.”
He disclosed that, no suspect has been arrested yet, but investigations are ongoing to identify those responsible for the dastardly act.
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