Etim Effiong
One Suraju Alabi, aka ‘Taka’ was beaten to death by some security guards attached to Ikire’s palace in the Ikire area of Osun State. It was alleged that the security guards used charms to hit him, paralysing him before he was taken to a hospital where he died on Sunday.
The incident was said to have caused chaos in the town.
It was learnt that security personnel and men of Amotekun Corps were deployed in the town after the incident to forestall any breakdown of law and order.
Police Public Relations Officer for Osun Command, Yemisi Opalola, said Alabi died in the hands of the palace guards. She said, “One Suraju Alabi had led a gang of hoodlums to the palace of Akire of Ikire to forcefully release a suspect arrested by the vigilantes attached to the palace.
“The rescue mission was resisted by the vigilantes and a fracas ensued. Consequently, both parties sustained bodily injuries and taken to different hospitals for treatment. Suraju later died in the Catholic Hospital, Apomu.”