No fewer than three suspects have been arrested in connection with the killing of a pastor in Ogbomoso, Oyo State.

It is reported that a pastor, identified as Evangelist Adegboyega, was allegedly killed by some people suspected to be herdsmen in Ogbomoso.

The pastor was said to have been killed in the Gege area, along the Ogbomoso-Iseyin road.

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The victim was reportedly murdered when he challenged herdsmen who invaded his farm with their cattle to graze his crops.

The three suspects were apprehended by the villagers and were immediately taken to the palace of Soun of Ogbomosho, Oba Afolabi Ghandi Olaoye. They were subsequently handed over to the police for investigation.

Meanwhile, the body of the deceased had been deposited in a private mortuary.