Renowned alternative therapist, Alhaji Fatai Yusuf, popularly known as Oko Oloyun, was on Thursday shot dead by gunmen on the Eruwa-Igboora road in the Ibarapa Central area of Oyo State. .
Yusuf was said to be on his way from an outing around 4.30 pm when the gunmen shot at his vehicle.
It was learnt that some of the bullets pierced through his vehicle before hitting him and he died on the spot.
The Oyo State Police Command on Thursday confirmed the murder of popular traditional medical expert Alh. Fatai Yusuf (Aka Oko Oloyun). Yusuf was killed by unknown gunmen along Igbo-Ora-Eruwa Road.
Confirming the sad incident, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) Mr Gbenga Fadeyi, said that Yusuf was killed around 4:30 pm on the road while traveling to Iseyin, Oyo State.
Fadeyi, a Superintendent of Police (SP), said the Commissioner of Police Mr Shina Olukolu has visited the site of the incident along with some deputy commissioners for an on-the-spot fact-finding mission.
The PPRO said Olukolu has directed a high-powered manhunt for the hoodlums that perpetrated the dastardly act with a view to bringing them to justice.
