Three Islamic clerics have been arrested by the police for allegedly beheading a surveyor in Moniya area of Ibadan, the Oyo State capital.
One of the clerics is said to be a landlord at Alapata area of Apete, in Ido Local Government Area. His residence is said to be located a few blocks away from the surveyor’s office.
The surveyor, according to Sunday Tribune, was popular among residents for selling and buying lands in the area.
They were said to have lured the surveyor, who had worked for one of them, on the pretext of the award of a job, to a bush in Moniya where he was killed and beheaded.
The trio, it was gathered, were arrested in Sango area of Ibadan on Thursday, a development which threw the Alapata community into confusion.
Many residents of the community expressed shock at the development, saying one of the suspects was a popular cleric, known with his distinct turban among the Islamic community of Alapata.
The Divisional Police Officer in charge of Apete, CSP Akande Rufus Adegoke, who confirmed the incident to the medium, said the alleged killers were landlords in his jurisdiction but the heinous act was perpetrated at Moniya.
He said the case has been transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID), Iyaganku, for further investigation.
