Suspected cult leader assassinated in Lagos

A suspected person of the Buccaneers confraternity successful Surulere, Lagos, Adedipe Adeyinkan, popularly known arsenic Yinka Agali, has been assassinated.

DAILY POST gathered that the incidental occurred connected Saturday night, April 11, 2026, successful the Iponri country of Surulere, wherever the deceased was reportedly regarded arsenic an influential fig wrong the group.

According to reports, Agali was attacked portion driving on the Iponri axis. While immoderate accounts property the sidesplitting to ongoing rivalry betwixt cult groups, others suggest the anticipation of governmental motives, particularly successful the build-up to section elections.

Videos circulating connected societal media person besides linked the deceased to the All Progressives Congress, APC, though these claims stay unverified.

Confirming the development, the Lagos State Police Command said it received a study of gunfire astatine astir 11:30 p.m. adjacent the National Stadium Bridge towards Iponri.

A patrol squad from the Surulere Division was instantly dispatched to the scene, wherever officers discovered the unfortunate wrong an unregistered achromatic Mercedes-Benz GLE 350, with aggregate gunshot wounds.

Police spokesperson, Abimbola Adebisi, said the unfortunate was rushed to Mainland General Hospital, Yaba, wherever helium was confirmed dead. His remains were subse...