A young man identified simply as Azeez has been beaten to death by suspected cultists following a dispute over a missing phone at Oko-Oba in the Agege area of Lagos State.
A police source told PUNCH Metro on Sunday that the incident occurred on Monday, August 3.
According to the source, Azeez was involved in an argument with some of his colleagues over a missing phone after they attended a party.
The source said the argument later degenerated into an assault on Azeez by some of the suspected cultists, said to be his friends.
“We got a report that he passed away as a result of an assault on him by some suspected cultists said to be his friends. The argument was as a result of a missing phone,” the source said.
