The victory that policemen in Oyo State celebrated recently is now on hold as the man said to be the mastermind of the killings in the Akinyele area of Ibadan, who was arrested in July, has escaped as escaped from police custody.
This is causing some anxiety as his whereabouts and how he escaped are still unknown.
The man, Sunday Shodipe, is suspected to be behind the killings of some five people, including an undergraduate, Barakat Bello.
The State Commissioner of Police, CP Joe Nwachukwu Enwonwu, told newsmen through a statement released by the state Police Public Relations Officer, SP Olugbenga Fadeyi, on Sunday, August 16.
He noted:
”The Commissioner of Police, Oyo State Command, CP. Joe Nwachukwu Enwonwu, psc wishes to state that, the prime suspect in the serial killings at Akinyele Local Government Area, Moniya Ibadan of Oyo State, one Sunday Shodipe ‘m’ 19 years who was arrested and paraded along with two others at the Oyo State Police Command on 17th July, 2020 and later charged to court but remanded in Police custody escaped from lawful custody on 11/08/2020.
Consequent upon this, the CP wishes to implore the general public to be on the lookout, arrest and immediately inform the Officers and men of the Command when sighted for immediate handing over for further action.
He further seizes this opportunity to appeal to any member of the public with credible information as to the where about of the assailant not to hesitate in passing same to the Oyo State Police Command to assist in the apprehension of the offender who is now at large.”
