Nigeria: man who confessed he had killed six persons for ritual purposes escapes from prison

Ritual murders for personal gain are common in Nigeria. A serial killer who admits having murdered several persons for ritualistic purposes is an exception.

A Nigerian man of 19 years old confessed he had killed at least six persons for ‘money business’. He was arrested but managed to escape….  

In Nigeria, expect the unexpected (webmaster FVDK).

Shodipe: Alleged serial killer on the run

Protest in Ibadan as suspected serial killer escapes from police custody

Published: August 16, 2020
By: The News, Nigeria – Nehru Odeh 

The Oyo State Police Command has confirmed that 19 year old suspected serial killer, Sunday Shodipe, who confessed to killing Barakat Bello, a female student of the Department of Science Laboratory Technology (SLT), Federal College of Animal Health, Production, Moor Plantation, Ibadan on 1 July 2020, has escaped from police custody.

This is coming against the backdrop of a protest which erupted at Ori-Oke Olurunkole in Akinyele Local Government area on Friday 14 August, 2020, following the ritual murder of a woman about the period Shodipe escaped.

Shodipe had confessed on Friday 17 July  2020, that he had killed no fewer than six persons for ritual purposes in different communities in that local government area of  Ibadan, the Oyo State capital.

Though the serial killer escaped from police custody on Tuesday, 11, August, Commissioner of Police in the state, Joe Nwachukwu Enwonwu,  only made it public on Sunday via a statement  released  by the  Public Relations Officer of the command, Olugbenga Fadeyi.

 “The Commissioner of Police, Oyo State Command, CP. Joe Nwachukwu Enwonwu, wishes to state that the prime suspect in the serial killings at Akinyele Local Government Area, Moniya Ibadan, one Sunday Shodipe ‘m’ 19 years, who was arrested and paraded along with two others 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,” the statement reads.

He also appealed to members of the public with information as to Shodipe’s whereabouts to  inform   the Oyo State Police Command so that he can be apprehended.

Source: Protest in Ibadan as suspected serial killer escapes from police custody