A suspected serial killer has allegedly hacked to death to a 53-year-old community leader in Ogun State named Olatunji Oladeji (pictured above).
According to reports, the suspected serial killer, Feyisola Dosumu popularly known as Spartan, has been terrorizing members of the Oluwatedo community, Ogere, in the Ikenne Local Government Area of the state for years and has evaded police arrest.
Family members of late Oladeji say he was about to enter his house after returning from work on Friday, August 21 when he was accosted and attacked by the suspect who allegedly used a machete to hack him to death.
Olatunji’s son, Samuel, speaking to ThePunch said that his father had been living in the area for 30 years before he was killed on Friday, August 21, 2020.
Samuel, who vowed to leave the community, lamented that many landlords had been deserting their houses because of the suspect.
Oladeji was rushed to the hospital in the pool of his blood where doctors certified him dead on arrival.
Until his death, late Oladeji was the Vice-Chairman of the Oluwatedo Community Development Association.
Residents of the area claim the suspected serial killer who is an alleged cultist and has killed over 15 persons in the area.
According to them, most of them have had to abandon their homes for fear of being killed by the suspect. They alleged that last month, he used a machete to hack a female nurse residing in the area to death, after raping her.
They alleged that the suspect had a mental breakdown sometime back and was admitted at the Neuropsychiatric Hospital, Aro, Abeokuta. He allegedly escaped and returned to the community where he has killed some of the residents.
The state Police Public Relations Officer, Abimbola Oyeyemi, confirmed the incident, adding that the police would soon get the suspect.
Oyeyemi stated;
We are seriously on his trial and any moment from now, we are going to get him. We have about five of our tactical teams in that place now looking for him. We will get him.
