Rasheed Okoilu, a notorious serial killer, has been arrested by the Nigeria Police Force’s Osun State Command.
Okoilu, whose birth name is Rasheed Hamed, is said to have been on the command’s wanted list for his involvement in life-threatening activities in the state.
Okoilu was apprehended in the early hours of August 7, 2022.
His arrest was confirmed in a statement released to the media in Osogbo yesterday by the command spokesperson, SP Yemisi Opalola.
According to the statement, the suspect was apprehended by a joint team of police officers from Dugbe Police Station and Oke Baale Police Station, with assistance from local hunters.
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Opalola said Okoilu was tracked and arrested after he went on a killing spree in Egbatedo, Osogbo, where he killed three people.
She said the suspect had been handed over to the anti-cultism department of the Police Command in the state and was undergoing processing.
It was understands that Osun Police Command had sometime in March this year declared Okoilu and one Solomon Adedimeji (Solo Iwara) wanted in connection with offences of murder, arson, ritual killings, armed robbery, rape and kidnapping.
The police had warned that anybody that harboured the suspects would be treated as an accomplice to their crimes.
The command had also promised anyone with useful information that can lead to the arrest of the wanted persons, a handsome reward.
