Suspected serial killer, Sunday Shodipe, has
narrated how he escaped from Mokola Police
Station, Ibadan, Oyo State on Tuesday.
The suspect said a female Divisional Police
Officer, who was recently deployed to the
station ordered one officer (Funsho) to allow him to take his bath.
He said the officer had warned him not to
make any attempt to escape while taking his
bath, adding that he was not even thinking of running away at that point.
Shodipe disclosed that he finally escaped when
he saw that the officer was engrossed in a
discussion with another person and not paying attention to him.
He said, “The new female DPO asked officer
Funsho to allow me take my bath. He
cautioned me not to try to escape when I am taking my bath.
“I escaped when I saw him discussing with
another person. I climbed the borehole pole
and jumped the fence. The people living in the
area saw me when I escaped but they did not raise any alarm.”
Crimefacts gathered that a young man
from Akure, Ondo State, who pleaded not to be
mentioned, had volunteered to assist the police
when he saw the notice and bounty placed on the suspect.
He was said to have travelled to Ibadan
alongside three of his friends with a view to
launching a manhunt for the suspect for three days
Upon their arrival in the state, they were lodged
in a hotel where they slept before commencing the search for the fugitive.
The three men were said to have trailed him to
where he bought and smoked hemp in the city
but decided not to arrest him because of the crowd in the area.
The locals later arrested him while he was
alone in a hideout.
The suspect had killed about eight people,
mainly women at Akinyele Local Government Area of Oyo State.
