Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaDetectives from Abuja Join Manhunt for Suspected Serial Killer Who Escaped in Oyo

The search for 19-year-old Sunday Shodipe, a suspected serial killer who escaped from police custody in Oyo State has been supported with the deployment of additional operatives from Abuja.

The Police Public Relations Officer, Frank Mba, said that the Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu had deployed a team that would help the manhunt for the suspect with their experience and added that the Commissioner of Police in Oyo had been instructed to rearrest the suspect and prevent future occurrence.

Mba said that the deployment: “comprises crack detectives from the Intelligent Response Team (IRT) and the Special Tactical Squad (STS) of the Force Intelligence Bureau, Abuja. The team is expected to bring their vast operational, technical and investigative experience to bear in supporting ongoing efforts aimed at re-arresting and bringing the fugitive to book.”

“The CP has also been directed to speed-up investigations into the circumstances that led to the escape of the suspect. All persons indicted in the escape are to be identified and made to face the wrath of the law.

“The CP has equally been mandated to immediately assess and rejig the security architecture in the State so as to prevent any future occurrence of untoward incidents.

“Meanwhile, the IGP calls for calm and enjoins citizens to cooperate with the police by providing useful information that can lead to the unearthing of the whereabouts of Sunday Shodipe – the suspected serial killer,” the police said.

The West African Pilot recalls that the suspect had said he was usually given N500 and food after returning from each mission to kill. He confessed to hacking six people to death at Akinyele in Ibadan with a shovel and that one Adedokun Ajani,50, a traditionalist, used the victims for ritual. Ajani denied the allegations.

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