The Ibadan, Oyo State serial killer, Sunday Shodipe, has revealed why he escaped police custody.
According to him, he escaped police custody after an herbalist mounted pressure on him to escape.
According to Shodipe, he fled the police station to carry out rituals in the interest of one Idris Ajani, a 50-year-old herbalist he was arrested with.
Shidipe who disclosed this on Wednesday, July 25 said that the herbalist threatened him in custody. He also said the herbalist said there would be dire consequences if he did not escape to continue the killings.
Detailing how he escaped custody, he also revealed that he killed a woman after his escape.
“Baba ( herbalist) had been telling Officer Funsho to open the gate to allow us to take our bath but the officer did not answer him,” Shodipe said.
“Baba later told the officer that he needed to drink gin as an herbalist to prevent spirits from draining his blood but the officer still did not answer him.
“Baba had been blaming me for telling the police and the public that he was the one that sent me to kill and that I would have been released from the custody if I had been untruthful.
“Baba also told me that something terrible might happen to him if he stayed too long in police custody because of the sacrifices he had not been performing since his arrest.
“So, when the police later allowed me to go and bath in the evening at about 7.pm, I used the opportunity to escape and went to Akinyele to kill another woman.
“Baba sends me out and tells me to kill by reciting his name, Idris Adedokun Yunusa Ajani, in incantations. So, I killed the women to ensure Baba’s safety.”
The suspect revealed that he went to Bodija where he was rearrested to fend for himself by carrying luggage using a cap to conceal his identity.
The police has since revealed that the suspect was kept in custody due to the congestion at the Nigeria Correctional Service facility in the state, it also revealed that he would now be taken to the facility.
“The police officer involved in Shodipe’ s case is paying dearly for it and he is still in police custody facing disciplinary action which has been completed at the level of the command and forwarded to Abuja,” Enwonwu said.
Recall that Shodipe was rearrested by the Oyo state police command. This was disclosed by the Police Public Relations Officer, Gbenga Fadeyi.
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