No hiding place for a criminal. Such was the fate that befell a 20-year old suspected ritual killer, Festus Simon, accused of killing a 12-year old boy in Ibadan, Oyo state capital, recently.
The criminal act was allegedly executed by the suspect over one month ago on October 1, 2020 and he immediately fled the city of Ibadan in order to evade justice.
But, the long arm of the law caught up with him on Wednesday November 4, 2020, over a month after.
The suspect, Festus reportedly changed location, fleeing to Simawa town in Ogun State.
It was in this new abode that operatives of the State Police Command apprehended him, following an information received by the police at Sotubo Divisional Headquarters, Shagamu, that the suspect fled his resident at Iyana church area of Iwo road, Ibadan,.to Simawa, under the pretence of looking for job.
Information further revealed that the suspect has been on the wanted list of Oyo State Police Command in connection with the killing of the innocent 12-year old boy and that his accomplice has since been arrested.
Upon the information, the Divisional Police Officer, Sotubo, SP Samuel Adefolalu, quickly led his detectives to his hiding place where he was promptly arrested.
The suspect was said to have made useful statement, while the Oyo Police Command has already been contacted for onwards transfer of the suspect.
Contacted, Police Public Relations Officer in the state, DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi, confirmed the story.
Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police, CP Edward Awolowo Ajogun, has warned that Ogun state will never be a safe haven to any criminal, advising them to steer clear of the state.
According to him, “because the best form of community policing is what we practice here thereby making it difficult for any criminal to hibernate anywhere in the state”.
