Thursday, November 13, 2025 - A professional hairstylist identified simply as Sebastine Timothy has been shot dead by suspected armed robbers in the Satellite Town area of Lagos State.
A police source, who pleaded anonymity because he was not authorized
to speak publicly, said the deceased was attacked shortly after returning home
from work.
It was gathered that the incident occurred on Sunday night
along Olasanoye Street in the community.
According to the source, the robbers broke into Timothy’s
apartment, dispossessed him of his belongings, and transferred an undisclosed
amount of money from his bank account before shooting him in the head.
The source added that the assailants fled the scene
immediately after the attack, while neighbours who heard gunshots later found
Timothy’s lifeless body.
In a separate account, an online channel known for exposing
cult-related activities, Confra Naija, claimed in a post on X that the attack
was cult-related.
According to the platform, the assailants, believed to be
members of the Eiye confraternity, had originally targeted Timothy’s brother,
who is allegedly affiliated with a rival group, Aye, but turned on the
hairstylist when they could not find 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 post read.
When contacted on Wednesday, the Lagos State Police Public
Relations Officer, Abimbola Adebisi, confirmed the incident but gave a slightly
different account. She said Timothy sustained a fatal head injury during a
fight with unidentified men in the area.
“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 stated.
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