Nigeria, July 6 -- The Oyo State Police Command has launched an investigation into the alleged killing of a 24-year-old man who was reportedly attacked during a traditional masquerade procession in the Labiran area in Ibadan.

According to the command, the victim, identified as Sefiu Kehinde, allegedly died after he was attacked with axes and cutlasses by a masquerader known as Asoleke and some of its followers during a procession on Sunday.

According to the police, the incident was reported at the Mapo Divisional Police Headquarters by a relative of the deceased after she received a distress call informing her that the victim had been brutally attacked.

Police spokesperson, Ayanlade Olayinka, in a statement issued on Monday, said offic...