Police have re-arrested Sunday Shodipe, the prime suspect in the series of ritual killings at the Akinyele Local government Area of Oyo State.
The 19-year-old was arrested by the police and paraded along with two other suspects on July 17 at the Police Command in Ibadan, the state capital.
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They were later charged to court but remanded in police custody before Shodipe escaped on August 8 after which he was declared wanted.
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The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Olugbenga Fadeyi, has now confirmed his re-arrest on Sunday, August 23.
Fadeyi however did not give details of where the suspect was being kept at the time of filing this report.
It would be recalled that the Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, had dispatched additional investigative aids to Oyo State, including crack detectives to track down the fleeing serial killer.
Oyo State police command had also placed a N500,000 bounty on him to aid his re-arrest.
The state commissioner of police, Joe Enwonwu, through the command spokesperson, Olugbenga Fadeyi, on Thursday announced the bounty on the suspect.
