The Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, has deployed crack detectives as additional support to the Oyo State Police Command as manhunt for Sunday Shodipe, a prime serial killer who escaped from custody, intensifies.
Shodipe, 19, was fingered and arrested with two others in July over multiple murder of innocent citizens at Akinyele Local Government Area of Oyo State but escaped on August 11, according to the police.
In a statement by the Force Public Relations Officer, Frank Mba, on Wednesday, the additional deployment by the IGP ”comprises crack detectives from the Intelligence Response Team (IRT) and the Special Tactical Squad (STS) of the Force Intelligence Bureau, Abuja. The team is expected to bring their vast operational, technical and investigative experience to bear in supporting ongoing efforts aimed at re-arresting and bringing the fugitive to book”.
Mba said the police boss condemned the incident and has directed the Oyo State Police Commissioner to ensure the re-arrest of the fleeing suspect.
”The CP has also been directed to speedup investigations into the circumstances that led to the escape of the suspect. All persons indicted in the escape are to be identified and made to face the wrath of the law. The CP has equally been mandated to immediately assess and rejig the security architecture in the State so as to prevent any future occurrence of untoward incidents.
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”Meanwhile, the IGP calls for calm and enjoins citizens to cooperate with the police by providing useful information that can lead to the unearthing of the whereabouts of Sunday Shodipe – the suspected serial killer,’’ the statement added.
Recall that Shodipe confessed that he got N500 and food for each of the six persons he murdered after no fewer than five persons were raped and murdered in Akinyele Local Government Area of Ibadan in the month of June alone.
He also said he was sent on the mission by a 50-year-old herbalist, Adedokun Yinusa.