Gunmen, shot dead six members of a family residing in a Fulani settlement near Wasinmi

Gunmen, who on Saturday shot dead six members of a family residing in a Fulani settlement near Wasinmi, along Ife-Ibadan Expressway, Osun State, called out the head of the family from a mosque, where he was praying, and asked him to kneel beside his two wives and three grandchildren and asked for money before killing the victims.

The deceased family head was identified simply as Samu.

His son, Yahaya Samu, who spoke to journalists at the scene of the incident, said he fled when the settlement came under attack.

He said the attackers came on two motorcycles and got to the settlement around 10pm.

According to him, there are many households in the settlement located about five kilometres off the Ife-Ibadan Expressway, but wondered why the family was the target of the assailants.