August 15, (THEWILL) – Ogun State Police Command has arrested a serial killer, Lukmon Shinubi, popularly known as Tinny, for allegedly killing six persons and dispossessing others of their valuables.
Tinny, a member of the Eiye confraternity, was also said to be a notorious armed robber, who had in recent times robbed supermarkets and dispossessed people of their belongings at gunpoint.
The suspect, a serial killer, armed robber, cultist and number one of Eiye Confraternity, is presently under police profiling before the Divisional Police Officer, SP Salami Murphy.
He was arrested when he was sighted by the police at a function fomenting trouble with the intention to distract his victim, then dispossess them of their valuables.
“This time, the Police were faster than him, arriving at the nick of time and rounded him and further arrested him and took him away from the event”, the Police Public Relations Officer, Omolola Odutola, said.
She disclosed this on Monday, in a statement made available to newsmen in Abeokuta, Ogun State capital.
Odutola said that Tinny had once robbed a woman in Molipa Express at gunpoint, stealing handbags, phones, ATM, Power Bank and cash of about three hundred thousand (N300,000) from her.
The Police Public Relations Officer said that with the collaboration of the State’s Social Orientation and Safety Corps (So-Safe) officers, the policemen were able to trace that suspect and promptly arrest him at the function
“On interrogation, Tinny has 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 in Molipa express at gunpoint, Stealing handbags, phones, ATM, Power Bank and cash about three hundred thousand, 300,000.
“His cohorts escaped at the event, but a locally fabricated shotgun was recovered at his residence when the police executed a search warrant at his hideout. Efforts are ongoing to apprehend other cohorts while he is presently in a police cell on interrogation”, she added.
Meanwhile, More persons have continued to take advantage of the amnesty window emplaced by the Commissioner of Police, CP ALAMUTU ABIODUN MUSTAPHA psc, to renounce cultism, young persons thronging into the Command Headquarters Eleweran Abeokuta, alone and some with their parents to renounce cultism and cult-related activities.
The window and leverage are 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 has its gains as a death sentence.
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