Officers stoned as angry youth storm Oyo police HQ over escape of ‘serial killer’

Some angry youth, on Wednesday, staged a protest at the headquarters of the Oyo state police command, to demand the immediate rearrest of Sunday Shodipe, a suspected serial killer.

Shodipe was a prime suspect in a series of killings recorded at the Akinyele area of Ibadan.

He was arrested by the police in July and kept at the Mokola station in Ibadan, but escaped from custody on August 11.

Nwachukwu Enwonwu, the state police commissioner, blamed an off-duty police officer for Shodipe’s escape.

The youth stormed the entrance of the command headquarters with placards and blocked the Jericho/Eleyele road, while demanding to see the commissioner.

When TheCable visited the scene, it was observed that the iron shelter used by traffic officers at the intersection overlooking the gate of the police headquarters had been taken down by the youth.

It was also gathered that some of the youth pelted policemen at the gate with stones.

Olugbenga Fadeyi, the state police public relations officer, told reporters that the protesters were students.

“The commissioner and other senior police officers attended to them and answered all their questions,” he said.

“You know students. Some of them got out of control but we were able to handle the situation professionally. They have gone back.”