Photo: Wanted serial killer, Rasheed Okoilu.
The Police Command in Osun says it has arrested a notorious wanted serial killer, Rasheed Hamed, popular known as Rasheed Okoilu, in the early hours of Sunday.
Yemisi Opalola, a Superintendent of Police and spokesperson of the command, announced this in a statement in Osogbo, obtained by Periscope International on Monday.
She said that the suspect was arrested by a combined team of police officers from Dugbe Police Station and Oke Baale Police Station with support from local hunters.
Opalola said the suspect was tracked and arrested after he went on a killing spree in Egbatedo, Osogbo, where he killed three people.
She said the suspect had been handed over to the anti-cultism department of the Police Command in the state and was undergoing processing.
The Command had earlier on March 10, declared Rasheed Okoilu and one Solomon Adedimeji (Solo Iwara) wanted in connection with offences of murder, arson, ritual killings, armed robbery, rape and kidnapping.
It had warned that anybody that harboured the suspects would be treated as an accomplice to their crimes.
The command had, however, promised a handsome reward for anyone with useful information to the whereabouts of the suspects.
