The Oyo State House of Assembly has called on the Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu to order thorough investigation into how a suspected serial killer in Akinyele Local Government area of the state escaped from custody.
Speaking during a press conference held at the House Conference Room, lawmaker representing Ogbomoso North state constituency and Chairman, House Committee on Women Affairs and Social Inclusion, Hon. Bimbo Oladeji, appealed to the IGP to put the state Commissioner of Police, Joe Enwonwu on his toes to ensure investigation is carried out.
Sunday Shodipe, an alleged Akinyele serial killer was paraded by the Oyo State Police Command on July 17th, 2020 after he had confessed to have killed all the five victims in the council area.
The Oyo State Police Command had earlier released a statement to confirm that the suspect, Sunday Shodipe has escaped from police custody.
According to Hon. Oladeji, “I hereby call on the Inspector General of Police, Muhammed Adamu to put Oyo State Commissioner Police, Joe Enwonwu on his toes and ensure thorough investigation into the circumstances surrounding the suspicious escape. It is inversion of logic that a 19-year old suspect escaped from the most secured place in the state, hence the call for thorough investigation.
“As a mother, I feel it would be fair to do everything within my power to support families of the victims to get justice for the death of their beloved ones.”
Hon. Oladeji charged the police to place a bounty on the suspected killer to speed-up his re-arrest.
“Placing a bounty on the head of Sunday Shodipe by Oyo State Police Command will go a long way in ensuring quick and successful re-arrest of the suspect.
“To discourage people from taking laws into their hands, carrying out jungle justice and most especially, for police to redeem its image, Oyo State Command must do more than mere media campaign to bring the culprit to book,” the lawmaker said.
Oladeji, while calling on the general public to remain calm and allow security agency to do their job, she called on the state governor, Engr. Seyi Makinde to expedite action on the take-off of Operation Amotekun to assist other security outfits in the state to ensure security of lives.
“I call on the general public to calm down and allow police to do their work while helping them with necessary information that can help in re-arresting the suspected serial killer.”
In his submission, Chairman, House Committee on Security and Strategy, Hon. Akeem Obadara, representing Ibadan North West, advised the police to double their efforts by ensuring that the culprit is re-arrested in time.
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