19-year old Suspected Ibadan Serial killer,Sunday Shodipe who recently escaped from police custody before he was finally arrested last Sunday,has narrated how the herbalist with whom he was arrested,Adedokun Yinusa,planned his escape.
Shodipe,while speaking shortly after he was paraded by the Oyo State Commissioner of Police,Mr Joe Nwachukwu Enwonwu,at the police command,Eleyele,Ibadan,on Wednesday.
Shodipe said while in custody,Yinusa was always blaming him for telling the newsmen everything between them.
"He said if i had kept quiet,we would have been freed by the court.
However,while in custody,his wives would visit him and bring Kolanuts and gin and he would utter some incantations on the items before taking them. I,however,don't know what he was doing with those things.
"After the police discovered this, they stopped them from bringing kolanuts and gin to him, so he began complainning that the spirits would feast on his blood if he didn't take gin.
He then kept disturbing one of the policemen to help him get a gin,but that one refused.
"Later he began begging the policeman to allow us to go out and have our bath. The policeman initially didn't agree,but Baba said he would agree after some days.
And truly,after some days,the policeman allowed us to go and have our bath.We were eight in the cell and he said we should go in twos. When it was my turn,Baba told me not to forget what he had told me.
"He had told me that an oppurtunity would come for me to escape and that i should go to Akinyele area and attack someone ;he said i should mention his name after committing the act.
So after i went out to bath at about 7:00pm,i noticed the policemen were not concentrating because he had warned us not to attempt to escape,so i seized this oppurtunity and climbed a pole in the station and escaped.
"After two days,i went to Akinyele as instructed by Baba and i hacked the woman.Baba said that particular act would help protect his life and he was doing those things he should do when he was free."
On how he was arrested,Shodipe said he was by the side of the road when somebody said he should help him push his car.
"I suspected the person wanted to apprehend me,but there was nothing i could do. After i escaped,i went to Bodija and was helping people carry loads. I was aware the police were looking for me,so i was always wearing a face cap to hide my identity.However,when i wanted to help the person push his car,he just grabbed me and handed me to the police."
While thanking the Inspector General of Police,Mohammed Adamu;the Oyo state government and the people of the state, Enwonwu said the police institution was rubbished during the period the suspect escaped,"but it was just because of the negligence of just one policeman.
"The policeman has been punished and it will serve as a lesson to others not to be negligent in their duties."
On the N500,000 bounty placed on Shodipe,the police commissioner said the money had been paid to the individual who assisted in arresting the suspect.
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