Elijah Ogunlaja, a notorious cultist in the Oworonshoki area of Lagos, has identified all those he has killed.
Ogunlana started singing like a bird after his arrest by the Lagos State Police Command following a tip-off.
According to the State Police Public Relations Officer, SP Chike Oti, Ogunlaja confessed to the killing of three people.
The suspect confessed to killing one Yusuf , 22 , on Sunday, December 30 , 2018 , around 8 pm ; one Seun Balogun , 39 , on Thursday , November 29, 2018 , around 4 pm ; and one Aro, 25, on Monday , August 6 , 2018 , around 9 pm .
In a Monday statement, Oti said, “Following a distress call received on Sunday, December 9, 2018, around noon that the two rival cult groups in Oworonshoki , Aiye and Eiye were fighting , the Divisional Police Officer in charge of the division quickly mobilised police officers to the scene and gave the cultists a hot chase. During the chase, one of the cultists , Elijah Ogunlaja, also known as Akeju, dropped his gun and took to his heels.
“Aside from the mastermind of the crisis, one Abiola and his accomplice, Rilwan, were also arrested and transferred to the Special Anti – Robbery Squad , Ikeja . The suspect , Abiola , is not only a notorious cultist, but also an Internet fraudster , who has been intimidating people and terrorising the whole community. Hence , the residents were happy about his arrest.
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“Meanwhile, on Wednesday, January 9 , 2019 , around 7:30pm, Ogunlaja was arrested when he and his gang members came out to kill as usual. The arrested suspect had been deeply involved in several killings , robberies and other cult- related activities in Oworonshoki and made a confessional statement regarding the people he killed and how he bought his guns . The command’s operatives are still on the trail of the other fleeing gang members.
“The suspect, during interrogation , admitted to killing one Yusuf , 22 , on Sunday, December 30 , 2018 , around 8 pm ; one Seun Balogun , 39 , on Thursday , November 29, 2018 , around 4 pm ; and one Aro, 25, on Monday , August 6 , 2018 , around 9 pm . The police also recovered a charm from him during a search after his arrest.”
Oti said that the suspects had already been dragged to court, while their case files had been duplicated and submitted to the Department of Public Prosecutions (DPP) for legal advice.
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