Operatives of the Ogun State Police Command have arrested a notorious serial killer and cultist identified as Ibiyemi Wasiri.
Wasiri is said to have been on the command’s wanted list for his active participation in the murder of one Michael Abiodun (aka S1) on July 22; and one Kola Fagbemi on July 24, 2021.
The ex-convict was finally arrested when the police at Ilaro Divisional Headquarters got information that he was sighted in a criminal hideout at Igboro area of Ilaro, Yewa South Local Government Area of Ogun.
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Abimbola Oyeyemi, the state police image maker, told newsmen on Thursday that the DPO of Ilaro division, CSP Olayemi Jacob, mobilized his men to the scene, and arrested the suspect.
“A bag found with him was searched and one cut to size locally made pistol and seven live cartridges was recovered therein.
“He confessed buying the gun from neighboring Benin Republic. He was said to be a member of the dreaded Eiye cult group terrorizing Ilaro and its environs,” Oyeyemi explained.
Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police in Ogun, Lanre Bankole, has ordered that the suspect be immediately moved to the State CIID for discreet investigation.
