Suspected cultists kill security guard in Lagos

A security guard, identified simply as Godwin, has reportedly been killed by suspected cultists in the Abule Ijesha area of Yaba, Lagos State.
The incident, which occurred on Saturday evening, reportedly threw residents into panic as gunshots rang out in the neighbourhood.
A police source, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorised to comment on the matter, said the attackers arrived in a vehicle, confronted the victim near his place of work and shot him in the head before allegedly attacking him with an axe.
“We received a report that gunmen suspected to be cultists killed a security guard identified as Godwin in the area. The assailants came in a vehicle and...