Police in Edo arrest alleged serial killer with 38 victims vanguardngr.com vanguardnews
A statement signed by DSP Chidi Nwabuzor, spokesperson of the Police Command in the state, said that the suspect was arrested last Tuesday following the receipt of credible intelligence.He also said that on his arrest, the suspect was immediately searched during which two guns were found on him.
He further explained that the suspect was thereafter taken to the State Criminal Investigation Department for further interrogation where he made useful statements and confessed to the killing of 38 persons. Nwabuzor said that a further search was carried out at the suspect’s residence, where a double barrel gun was recovered.
The spokesman, however, said that the state’s Commissioner of Police, CP Mohammed DanMallam, had directed further investigation into the case.He quoted DanMallam as warning criminal elements in the state to submit themselves to the police or vacate the state or face the consequences.
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