A certified hairstylist recognized merely as Sebastine Timothy has been shot useless through suspected armed robbers within the Satellite Town house of Lagos State.

A police supply, who pleaded anonymity as a result of he used to be now not permitted to talk publicly, stated the deceased used to be attacked in a while after returning house from paintings.

It used to be collected that the incident took place on Sunday night time alongside Olasanoye Street in the neighborhood.

According to the supply, the robbers broke into Timothy’s condo, dispossessed him of his property, and transferred an undisclosed sum of money from his checking account earlier than taking pictures him within the head.

The supply added that the assailants fled the scene right away after the assault, whilst neighbours who heard gunshots later discovered Timothy’s useless frame.

In a separate account, a web based channel identified for exposing cult-related actions, Confra Naija, claimed in a submit on X that the assault used to be cult-related.

According to the platform, the assailants, believed to be individuals of the Eiye confraternity, had firstly focused Timothy’s brother, who’s allegedly affiliated with a rival workforce, Aye, however became at the hairstylist when they might now not in finding him.

“The Eiye cultists came to attack Sebastine’s brother, who is a member of Aye. When they didn’t find him, they turned on Sebastine, who told them his brother wasn’t around. They forced him to unlock his phone and transfer money to them, took his phone after the transfer, and shot him in the head,” the submit learn.

When contacted on Wednesday, the Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, Abimbola Adebisi, showed the incident however gave a rather other account. She stated Timothy sustained a deadly head harm all over a struggle with unidentified males within the house.

“He sustained an injury to the head and died on his way to the hospital. The police cannot confirm yet if it was a gunshot wound or a machete cut. The family reported the case at the station and later took his body to the mortuary,” Adebisi mentioned.