The police in Ogun State have arrested a suspected cultist, Lukman Shonubi, aka Tinny, for allegedly killing no fewer than six persons after he was tracked and arrested by men of the command.
According to The PUNCH, the suspect is a serial killer and armed robber, is a member of Eiye Confraternity.
Spokesperson for Ogun State Police Command, Superintendent of Police Omolola Odutola, said he was arrested following intelligence sharing with a sister security agency.
She said: “So Safe Corps shared an intelligence with the police that the most wanted notorious criminal, one Lukman Shonubi, who the police have been tracking, was sighted at a function fomenting trouble with intention to distract his victims and dispossess them of their valuables.
“This time, the police were faster than him, arriving at the nick of time, arresting and taking him away from the event.
“Shonubi, on interrogation, confessed that he has killed over six persons as a cultist and had robbed supermarkets. A prominent name was Perry, where he robbed the woman on Molipa Expressway at gunpoint, stealing handbags, phones, Automated Teller Machine (ATM), power bank and N300,000 cash.
“His cohorts escaped at the event, but a locally fabricated short gun was recovered at his hideout when the police carried out a search. Efforts are ongoing to apprehend other cohorts, while Shonubi is presently in police custody on interrogation.”
Odutola added: “More persons have continued to take advantage of the amnesty window emplaced by the Commissioner of Police (CP), Alamutu Abiodun, to renounce cultism. Young persons thronging the Command Headquarters at Eleweran Abeokuta, alone and some with their parents to renounce cultism and cult-related activities.
“The window and leverage is still open to all and sundry willing to turn a new leaf. The amnesty window is effective and more persons are hereby encouraged to use this medium to say no to cultism and confraternity that leads only to death,” she added.
