The witness, Benson Okuyelu, told the court that the defendant hit the deceased after a meeting to resolve a land dispute. He said Ajenifuja and the victim’s family were from the same Nanaye lineage. Okuyelu explained that the defendant’s families were Christians, while the victim’s family, the Gbadamosi, had a shrine on a part of the land where they worshipped. “When the man was working on it, the Ajenifuja family confronted him and he called me. He said, “Four days later, the Ajenifuja family went to a police station to report that some people fought them and destroyed their land and property.

Source: Punch June 11, 2022 03:11 UTC