The Iyaloja General of Ijebuland, Alhaja Saidat Elewuju, has been assassinated.

She was said to have been hacked to death by six yet-to-be-identified assassins around 3pm on Wednesday. She was aged 82 years.

The octogenarian was reportedly shot and macheted at her home in OGD Estate, Itorin-Sabo, Ijebu Ode, and left in a pool of blood.

Our correspondent gathered that her assailants did not take away any valuable in the house.

Policemen were later invited to the scene of the incident.

The state Police Public Relations Officer, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, said policemen met her in a pool of blood and rushed her to the hospital.

He said, “We got a report from our Ijebu Ode area headquarters that Iyaloja of Ijebuland, Mrs Saidat Elewuju, was hacked to death by suspected assassins in her home at Sabo area in Ijebu Ode.

“Our men were informed and they went there. They found her in the pool of blood.”

Adejobi added that Elewuju was later rushed to the Olabisi Onabanjo University Teaching Hospital, Sagamu, Ogun State, for medical attention.

He said, “She was later transferred  to the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, Ikeja, Lagos, where she died.”

She was said to have died around 11pm.

Adejobi said the command had commenced investigation into the gruesome killing, assuring the residents that the assailants would be arrested and face the wrath of the law.

He said, “The command will conduct proper investigation into the incident and ensure that the culprits are brought to book.

“The command will also put a structure on the ground to forestall a recurrence of such incident in the state.”