A popular herbalist has been reported dead after allegedly having sex with a pastor's wife in a hotel in Ikere Ekiti, Ekiti State.

The herbalist who has been identified as Dadayomi Kehinde known popularly by many as Ejiogbe was reportedly lodged in a hotel with a woman allegedly the wife of a Shepherd of White Garment church.

Reports say after the two made out sexually, the herbalist slumped, prompting the lady to call for help from the hotel room. It was further reported that the herbalist was rushed to the hospital by hotel staff where he was pronounced dead.

Associates of the late native doctor were alleged to have attributed his death to "magun", a local charm placed on married women by their husbands to harm lovers who sleep with them.

Some aggrieved patrons of the herbalist were said to have stormed the Shepherd White Garment church of the pastor and destroyed properties and set the church ablaze.

The woman is said to have been arrested while the deceased have been deposited in the morgue of the Ekiti State Specialist Hospital in Ikere.