Sunday Shodipe, one of the three suspects linked with serial
killings in Akinyele area of Ibadan said he got N3,000(less than $8) and food
for all the six persons he murdered.
No fewer than five persons were raped and murdered in
Akinyele Local Government Area of Ibadan in the month of June alone.
The 19-year old suspect, Shodipe was among the 19 suspects
paraded on Friday by Oyo State Commissioner of Police, Nwachuckwu Enwonwu, for
various offences ranging from robbery, defilement, motorcycle theft, among
others.
The suspect said that he was sent on the mission by a
50-year-old herbalist, Adedokun Yinusa who, he claimed, was his master.
“Anytime I’m to go for the killing, Baba will give me some
charms and also teach me some incantation to be recited so that nobody will see
me at the scene of the crime.
“I will hit the victims with a shovel and recite the
incantation immediately I saw blood coming out of the victims’ body.
“Baba instructed me to always move around the victims at the
scene after killing them and then turn my back on them, staying there for like
three minutes; which I did and nobody will see me.
“Baba said the spirits of the victims will come to him after
I killed them.
“Baba did not tell me the reason for the killings, but did
buy me food and give me N500 after each of the killings I carried out for him,”
he said.
On his part, the herbalist denied ever sending the suspect
on the mission to kill, but confirmed that the suspect was brought to him by
his parents to learn about herbs.
“The boy was brought to me in 2016 and only spent six days
with me and I sent him away and since then I have not seen him.
“I only saw him some days ago when he came with the police,
though I do give him food,” he said.
The Commissioner of Police said that the 19-year-old suspect
was arrested through a receiver on a phone he stole from one of the deceased
victims, Azeezat Shomuyiwa.
Enwonwu said the modus operandi of the suspect was to target
female victims and attack them with dangerous weapons, rob them before hacking
them to death.
The CP said that the suspect confessed to have masterminded
various criminal activities within Ojo’o, Akinyele and Moniya areas of Ibadan.
“He attacked and killed an 18-year- old, Barakat Bello, on
June 1, attacked and killed 21-year-old, Grace Oshiagwu on June 13, killed a
5-year-old, Mojeed Tirimisiyu on June 22, all in Akinyele
“His last operation was carried out on June 29 where he
attacked Mrs Adeola Azeez and her daughter with a shovel.
“The duo were seriously injured on the head, carted away
their phone and money. The victims are currently responding to treatment at the
hospital,” Enwonwu said.
The police commissioner said that the suspect led the SARS
operatives to the hideout of the herbalist that engaged him for the killings.
The police also paraded two teenage boys for allegedly
defiling a seven-year-old girl.
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