ABEOKUTA– A suspected ritual killer, Festus Simon fingered in the murder of a 12 year old boy in Ibadan, the Oyo State Capital has been arrested by men of the Ogun State Police Command.
Festus, according to a statement by the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi was arrested on the 4th of November, 2020 following an information received by the police at Sotubo divisional headquarters Sagamu that the suspect who killed his victim on the 1st of October 2020 fled his resident at Iyana church area of Iwo road Ibadan to simawa area of Ogun state under the pretence of looking for job in order to evade police arrest.
Investigation further revealed that the suspect has been on the wanted list of Oyo state police command in connection with the killing of the innocent twelve years old boy, while his accomplice has since been arrested.
Upon the information, the DPO Sotubo division SP Samuel Adefolalu quickly led his detectives to his hidden place where he was promptly arrested.
Oyeyemi in the statement further added that the suspect has made useful statement, while the Oyo state police command had been contacted for onwards transfer of the suspect.
Meanwhile, the commissioner of police CP Edward Awolowo Ajogun has warned that Ogun state will never be a safe haven to any criminal because the best form of community policing is what we practice here thereby making it difficult for any criminal to hibernate anywhere in the state.
