Gunmen kill Lagos-based businessman in Kwara 

Gunmen have shot dead a Lagos-based businessman, Biola Osundiya, in Ilorin, the Kwara state capital.

The state police command said it had recovered an AK- 47 rifle from the scene of incident.

It however, said it was yet to determine whether the killing  was cult or business related.

Osundiya, said to be in his forties, it was gathered came to Kwara to spend time with his family before he was murdered in a yet to be unravelled  circumstances.

The incident, according to a source, occurred around past 6pm on Wednesday July 20, 2022 at a drinking spots besides the Kwara state center for Art and Culture.

The source said the gunmen trailed the late Osundiya to the drinking spots went straight for him and shot him dead at close range.

“He was shot by two men who traced him to the spot on motorbike and left in the pool of his blood thereafter. He was initially based in Ilorin, Kwara State where his two wives and children still resides but recently relocated to Lagos to start cement business”, the source added.

His younger brother, Segun, who confirmed the incident, said the development has left his family and friends devastated. 

He called on the security agencies to fish out the perpetrators to face justice.

When contacted on Sunday, the Police Public Relations Officer, Kwara Command, Ajayi Okasanmi, said the police were still on the trail of the killers.

“We can’t say for now whether the killing was cultist or business related, but an AK 47 ammunition was recovered from the scene and we are working to establish those behind it. But no arrest has been made for now”, Okasanmi added.