Police nab suspected serial killer in Ogun

Men of Ogun state police command have arrested a notorious serial killer Ibiyemi Wasiri who has been on the wanted list of the command in connection with two murder cases.

In a statement signed by spokesman of the Command, DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi, the suspect, an ex-convict, was arrested on December 6 following an information received at Ilaro divisional headquarters that the suspect has been sighted in one criminal hideout at Igboro area of Ilaro.

According to Oyeyemi, the Divisional Police Officer, Ilaro division CSP Olayemi Jacob quickly mobilized his men and moved to the scene, where the suspect who was in the midst of some hoodlums was arrested, while others escaped.

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“A bag found with him was searched and one cut to size locally made pistol and seven live cartridges was recovered there.

The suspect who had been declared wanted by the command for actively participating in the killing of one Michael Abiodun a.k.a S1 on the 22nd of July 2021 and one Kola Fagbemi on the 24th of July 2021 confessed to have bought the gun from neighboring Benin Republic.

He was said to be a member of a dreaded Eiye cult group terrorizing Ilaro and its environs.

Meanwhile, the state’s Commissioner of Police, Lanre Bankole has ordered the immediate transfer of the suspect to the state criminal investigation and intelligence department for discreet investigation.