How Popular Herbal Guru Fatai Yusuf ‘Oko Oloyun’ Shot Dead By Unknown Gunmen

On Thursday, the Oyo State Police Command confirmed the murder of popular traditional medical expert Alh. Fatai Yusuf popularly known as Oko Oloyun.

Yusuf was killed by unknown gunmen along Igbo-Ora-Eruwa Road of Oyo State.

While confirming the sad incident, the Oyo State Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) Mr Gbenga Fadeyi, told newsmen that Yusuf was killed around 4:30 pm on the road while traveling to Iseyin, Oyo State.

SP Fadeyi, 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.

The popular alternative medicine practitioner, Alhaji Fatai Yusuf, also 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 4.30pm, when the gunmen shot at his vehicle.

The Oyo State Police Public Relations Officer, Gbenga Fadeyi, who confirmed the incident, said the state Commissioner of Police, Shina Olukolu, had visited the scene and ordered an investigation into the incident.

He added that Yusuf’s corpse had been deposited in the Igbo-Ora General Hospital’s mortuary.

Fadeyi said, “Gunmen attacked his vehicle on the Eruwa-Igboora Road in Ibarapa Central; they shot at his vehicle and he was hit by a bullet.

“The man’s corpse has been deposited in the Igbo-Ora General Hospital.”