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2 notorious murder suspects arrested in Lagos

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2  notorious murder suspects arrested in Lagos
DSP Bala Elkana,

The Lagos State Police Command has arrested two notorious cultists for alleged murder and armed robbery. The suspects have been on the police watch list for over a long period of time for multiple murder and other criminal offences .

The Lagos State police public relations officer, DSP Bala Elkana, who gave a graphic account how the suspects were arrested, said,

” a murder suspect on the police wanted list has been arrested. On September 12 following sustained monitoring, Kehinde Bakare, 23, a prime suspect in connection with the murder of Samuel Ladejo, was arrested at Obalende. A locally-made pistol loaded with two live cartridges was recovered from him. ”

It could be recalled that on October 1, 2018 at about 6 am, a female , Bisi Komolafe , assistant manager of famous hotel at No 36 Obalende Road Ikoyi , reported at the station that one of their staff, Samuel Ladejo, left the hotel to attend a party along Obalende Road, Ikoyi, where he was stabbed in the chest by some boys who are now at large while he was rush to the General Hospital for treatment .

The victim later gave up the ghost in the hospital. The police have arrested Umukoro Otega, in connection with the crime and he would soon be charged to Court. In another development, Elkana said following sustained monitoring, detectives from the Bariga police station arrested Emmanuel Olatunde, (aka Pastor, 31, at Oremenunu Ibafo Street, Bariga.

The suspect, an ex-convict, is a high ranking member of Eiye Confraternity, terrorizing people in Bariga and environ. He has a link with a series of robberies and murder cases in Bariga.

He is responsible for the murder of Ahmed Karowi, an Aiye Confraternity Kingpin who was murdered on September 11. The police are Investigating while the suspect would soon be charged to court.

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