ABEOKUTA – In a gallant act of bravery, operatives of Nigeria Police in Ogun State command rejected one million naira bribe from a suspected serial killer cum ritualist, Ifasoji Ayangbesan.
The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, SP Abimbola Oyeyemi who disclosed this to newsmen at the weekend said the suspect who killed and dismembered the body of one Oyindamola Adeyemi in January this year was arrested on Friday.
Oyeyemi said the 35-year old Ifasoji Ayangbesan, whose other members of his gang had earlier been arrested was apprehended following painstaking intelligence based investigation embarked upon by detectives from Obalende divisional headquarters, which led them to his hideout at Ijade Iloti area of Ijebu Ode.
According to the PPRO, the suspect who has been indicted by the earlier arrested members of the syndicate as the person who bought the two legs of the victim, took to flight immediately he heard that he has been mentioned by his colleagues.
He noted that, since then, the DPO Obalende division, SP Murphy Salami, detailed his detectives to be on his trail with the view to arrest him and possibly recover the deceased two legs from him and prosecute him with his colleagues in crime.
He, therefore, stressed that, luck ran against the suspect when he was apprehended at his Ijade Iloti hideout on Friday.
The PPRO explained that, immediately he was arrested, the suspect made an offer of one million naira bribe to the policemen, which was rejected by officers at the crime scene.
He added that, on interrogation, he confessed being part of the syndicate that killed Oyindamola Adeyemi, and that he was the person who severe the two legs of the deceased which he claimed he used for ritual purpose.
Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police, CP Olanrewaju Yomi Oladimeji who commended his men for their uprightness has directed that the suspect be transferred to State Criminal Investigation Departments in order to prosecute him with other members of his syndicate.
