The state Police Commissioner, Ikemefuna Okoye, who spoke while parading the suspects arrested by men of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, described the arrest of Femi Kuti as a major breakthrough for the command, accusing him of masterminding the spate of cult-related killings in Ijebu-Igbo and Ijebu-Ode axis in the last three months.
Okoye said the serial killer had confessed to have killed no fewer than 10 people, while members of his gang, now on the run, had killed at least 50.
According to him, Kuti, who was rusticated from the Tai Solarin College of Education, Omu, was arrested around 6.30p.m. at Ijebu Ode, where he and some members of his cult were preparing to launch another attack.
Okoye added: We got information from members of the public about him and our men began gathering intelligence report on him. We succeeded on Monday during the Ojude-Oba Festival.
Members of his gang put up a resistance and a gun battle ensued. Eventually, he was arrested after he was shot on the left leg.
“Femi Kuti and members of his gang were drinking and smoking skonk, a type of hard drugs. He is not only a cultist, but also serial killer.
“He said himself and members of his gang had killed about 60 people.”
Meanwhile, Okoye said a special squad had been moved permanently to Ishefun, a border town between Lagos and Ogun states, to curtail the rising wave of crime in the area
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