ABEOKUTA–A wanted notorious serial killer, Ibiyemi Wasiri has been arrested by men of the Ogun state police command in connection with two murder cases.
The command’s spokesperson, DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi in a press statement made available to The News Ville Thursday stated that the suspect was arrested with one cut to size locally made pistol and seven live cartridges.
The suspect who is an ex-convict was arrested following an information received at Ilaro divisional headquarters that the suspect has been sighted in one criminal hideout at igboro area of Ilaro.
Upon the information, the Dpo Ilaro division CSP Olayemi Jacob quickly mobilized his men and moved to the scene, where the suspect who was in the midst of some hoodlums was arrested, while others escaped.
The suspect who have been declared wanted by the command for actively participating in the killing of one Michael Abiodun a.k.a S1 on the 22nd of July 2021 and one Kola Fagbemi on the 24th of July 2021 confessed to have bought the gun from neighboring Benin Republic. He was said to be a member of a dreaded Eiye cult group terrorizing Ilaro and its environs.
Meanwhile, the commissioner of police CP Lanre Bankole has ordered the immediate transfer of the suspect to state criminal investigation and intelligence department for discreet investigation.
