Police arrests alleged serial killer in Ogun state
A wanted and alleged serial killer, Suleiman Ganiyu, who has also been identified as member of Eiye Cult Group has been arrested by the Ogun State Police Command in Imosan Street Oru-Ijebu community of the state.
Penpushing reports that, the Command Public Relations Officer, Abimbola Oyeyemi made the disclosure on Wednesday in a press statement, adding that his arrest followed a distress call from Itamerin Comprehensive High School Ago-Iwoye that the suspect came to the school premises and started shooting sporadically because his younger brother who is a student of the school was beaten
‘Men of Ogun State police command on the 14th of March 2021 arrested one Suleiman Ganiyu a notorious serial killer and member of Eiye cult group who had been on wanted list of the Command for quite sometime now’, Oyeyemi said.
‘The suspect was arrested following a distress call from Itamerin Comprehensive High School Ago-Iwoye that the suspect came to the school premises and started shooting sporadically simply because his younger brother who is a student of the school was beaten’,he added.
‘Upon the distress call, the DPO Ago-Iwoye, CSP Paul Omiwole led his patrol team to the school but before their arrival, the suspect has ran-away. He was subsequently traced to his hideout at Imosan Street Oru-Ijebu where he was eventually apprehended’,Oyeyemi added
The police spokesman said,on interrogation, the suspect confessed being a leading member of Eiye confraternity,adding that he also confessed further that he was the one who killed one Awokale Olusegun a.k.a Lala on the 27th of February 2020 over a supremacy battle following which he was declared wanted by the police.
Penpushing further reports that, Oyeyemi added that, the suspect also confessed being responsible for the death of one “Babasco” and one Dapo at Ijebu-Igbo in 2015 during a clash between his group and Aye cult group.
The Command said further investigation revealed that the suspect was the brain behind a series of violent cult related clashes in Ago-Iwoye, Awa-Ijebu, Oru-Ijebu, Ilaponu and Ijebu-Igbo in the recent past.
Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police, Edward Ajogun has ordered the immediate transfer of suspect to the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department for discreet investigation and subsequent prosecution.
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