A pastor, identified as Timothy Abiola, has allegedly shot dead a fellow pastor, Pastor Bamiji Ilori the Osun State Police Public Relations Officer Mrs. Folasade Odoro, has said.
The two pastors who are said to be friends also work together in Ikire, Osun State, South-West region of Nigeria where the incident occurred.
The police spokeswoman who revealed this in a statement on Sunday, added that the police is yet to ascertain the reason for Abiola's action.
The statement did not reveal the identity of the church, but stated that Abiola shot his colleague with a locally-made gun which has already been recovered by the police.
She said that the suspect who is already in police custody has confessed committing the murder and will soon be charged to court.
The Punch report that a similar incident occurred in Gbongan, another part of Osun State in January 2014 where a pastor identified as Adepoju, stabbed his colleague and friend, Pastor Julius Oguntoye, to death.
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