Segun Ayinde, Abeokuta
Police in Ogun State have 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 Eiye Confraternity, was also said to be a notorious armed robber, who had in recent times robbed supermarket and dispossessed people of their belongings at gun point.
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 was faster than him, arriving at the nick of time and rounded him and further arresting him and took him away from the event,” said the Police Public Relations Officer, Omolola Odutola.
She disclosed this in a statement made available to newsmen, in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, yesterday.
Odutola said that that Tinny had once robbed a woman in Molipa express at gun point, 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 police men were able to trace that suspect and promptly arrest him at the function
“On interrogation,Tinny on interrogation, 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 gun point, Stealing handbags, phones, ATM, Power Bank and cash about three hundred thousand, 300,000.”
“His cohorts escaped at the event, but a locally fabricated short gun 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 police cell on interrogation” She added
Meanwhile, More persons have continue 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 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 has its gains as death sentence.
