The Church and Mosque are two places where a man is supposed to be at his safest.You are supposedly in the midst of God and no harm can come unto you..also anyone intending to do you harm or pick a fight are expected to wait till you are out of the "surroundings & houseof the Lord" out of fear and respect.Well all these meant nothing to ten gunmen who came looking for Chief Tola Okuneye, a.k.a Ajagajigi, at St. John Anglican Church, Oke-Sopen. The 10 gunmen, who rode in vehicles painted in Lagos commercial yellow colour, stormed the church and shot him at about 11a.m.The gunmen pretended to be worshippers.When they
saw Okuneye, Chairman of the Oodua Peoples Congress (OPC) & Chairman of the Police Community Relations Committee, they shot him in the head and chest. He died on the spot.The assailants fled the scene without taking anything away. Okuneye’s body was deposited at a mortuary in Ijebu-Igbo.
A witness told Pm news..
“The killers struck at the time Rev. Oke was about to mount the pulpit. The young men walked into the church hall and headed straight for where the late Okuneye sat, brought their guns and fired him at close range. “Many were injured in the ensuing stampede.There was confusion when gunshots began to sound. We were shocked and everybody was jittery. The service came to an end abruptly. Some people, especially the elder are still in shock as I am talking to you now.Okuneye was well known in the town and neighbouring towns. He was among the earliest artisans in the business of furniture making in Ijebu,”He is survived by six wives and over 20 children