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Police re-arrest suspected serial killer in Ibadan

  Police in Oyo State have rearrested the suspected serial killer in Akinyele Local Government Area of the state, Sunday Shodipe. The Public Relations Officer of the Oyo State Police Command, SP…

 

Police in Oyo State have rearrested the suspected serial killer in Akinyele Local Government Area of the state, Sunday Shodipe.

The Public Relations Officer of the Oyo State Police Command, SP Fadeyi Olugbenga, has told Journalists that the suspect escaped on 11th August.

The Oyo State House of Assembly had called on the Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, to order a thorough investigation into the escape of Sunday Shodipe, the suspected serial killer in Akinyele Local Government Area of the state.

Some angry youths had also marched to the Police headquarters at Eleyele, Ibadan, Oyo State capital to register their grievances over the escape of a serial killer, Sunday Shodipe from police custody.

The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Mohammed Adamu Adamu, deployed additional investigative aids to Oyo State to complement the efforts of the state’s Police Command in the ongoing manhunt and efforts aimed at re-arresting Shodipe.

The Commissioner of Police, Oyo State Command, CP Joe Nwachukwu Enwonwu, had said N500,000 awaits anyone who can give useful information on the whereabouts of the serial killer.

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Published August 23, 2020
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