Suspected cultist confessed to killing six people – Police
A suspected cultist, Lukman Shonubi, alias Tinny, has confessed to killing as many as six people after he was followed and arrested by men from the Ogun State Police Command.< /p>
The suspect, believed to be a leader of the Eiye Brotherhood, had been the subject of a police investigation long before his arrest.
The State Command, through its spokesperson, Omolola Odutola, said Tinny's arrest followed a tip from the state's So Safe Corps that which the suspect wanted by command was making a scene at an event to distract and rob unsuspecting victims.
Odutola said the suspect was arrested at the event and confessed to killing six people and stealing purses, phones, ATM card, bank groceries and cash of around N300,000.
The police spokesperson said: "So Safe Corps has shared information with police that the notorious most wanted criminal, Lukman Shonubi, aka Tinny, whom police have been tracking, was seen at a function stirring up trouble to distract his victims, then dispossess them of their valuables.This time the police were faster than him, arrived just in time, surrounded him, stopped again and took him away from the event.
"Tinny, during interrogation, confessed that he had killed more than six people as a cultist and had robbed supermarkets, where he robbed a woman at gunpoint , stealing purses, phones, ATM card, food bank and cash of around N300,000.”
As items such as a locally made firearm were recovered from the suspect's residence following a search of his hideout, command noted it was stepping up efforts to apprehend members of Tinny's gang.
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A suspected cultist, Lukman Shonubi, alias Tinny, has confessed to killing as many as six people after he was followed and arrested by men from the Ogun State Police Command.< /p>
The suspect, believed to be a leader of the Eiye Brotherhood, had been the subject of a police investigation long before his arrest.
The State Command, through its spokesperson, Omolola Odutola, said Tinny's arrest followed a tip from the state's So Safe Corps that which the suspect wanted by command was making a scene at an event to distract and rob unsuspecting victims.
Odutola said the suspect was arrested at the event and confessed to killing six people and stealing purses, phones, ATM card, bank groceries and cash of around N300,000.
The police spokesperson said: "So Safe Corps has shared information with police that the notorious most wanted criminal, Lukman Shonubi, aka Tinny, whom police have been tracking, was seen at a function stirring up trouble to distract his victims, then dispossess them of their valuables.This time the police were faster than him, arrived just in time, surrounded him, stopped again and took him away from the event.
"Tinny, during interrogation, confessed that he had killed more than six people as a cultist and had robbed supermarkets, where he robbed a woman at gunpoint , stealing purses, phones, ATM card, food bank and cash of around N300,000.”
As items such as a locally made firearm were recovered from the suspect's residence following a search of his hideout, command noted it was stepping up efforts to apprehend members of Tinny's gang.
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