Police in Ibadan, Oyo State, have re-arrested wanted serial killer, Sunday Shodipe, who fled from police custody recently.
Shodipe is the prime suspect in the series of ritual killings in the Akinyele Local government Area of Oyo State. He had escaped from police custody in suspicious circumstances on August 11.
State Police Public Relations Officer, Olugbenga Fadeyi, confirmed the suspect’s re-arrest on Sunday.
Fadeyi, however, declined to speak further.
“Yes we have him now. He is currently in custody,” he said.
The suspect was arrested by the police in July and kept at the Mokola station in Ibadan, before he escaped.
The state Commissioner Police commissioner, Nwachukwu Enwonwu, blamed an off-duty police officer for the escape.
But angry youths staged a protest at the headquarters of the Oyo police command on Wednesday, demanding the immediate re-arrest of the suspect.
The police subsequently placed a N500,000 bounty on the suspect.
Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, had dispatched additional investigative aids to Oyo State, including crack detectives to track down the fleeing serial killer.