Sunday Shodipe, a 19-year-old suspected serial killer who escaped from police custody in Ibadan but was later arrested, has said that after escaping, he hacked a woman to death.
The suspect claimed that Yinusa Adedokun, a traditionalist whom he was initially arrested with, instructed him to escape from the police and kill. In July, when they were paraded by the police, Sunday had said that Adedokun would give him N500 and a plate of food each time he returned from murder missions. He confessed to killing six people at the Akinyele axis of Ibadan.
Shodipe revealed that the herbalist’s wife would bring kolanut and gin for her husband and that the herbalist would say incantations before taking them.
“After the police discovered this, they stopped them from bringing kola nuts and gin for him, so he began complaining that the spirits would feast on his blood if he didn’t take gin. He kept disturbing one of the policemen to help him get a gin but that one refused,” Shodipe said.
According to the suspect, the herbalist asked one of the policemen to allow the detainees to have their bath.
“After some days, the policeman allowed us to go and have our bath. We were eight in the cell and he said we should go in twos. When it was my turn, Baba told me not to forget what he had told me,” Shodipe explained.
“He had told me that an opportunity would come for me to escape and that I should go to Akinyele area and attack someone, he said I should mention his name after committing the act.
“So after I went out to bath at about 7:00 pm, I noticed the policeman was not concentrating because he had warned us not to attempt to escape, so I seized the opportunity and climbed a pole in the state and escaped.
“After two days, I went to Akinyele as instructed by Baba and hacked the woman. Baba said that particular act would help protect his life and he was not doing things he should do when he was free.”
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