The Ogun State Police Command says it has arrested a suspected serial killer and a leader of Aye Confraternity in Ijebu Ode on Monday. The command said the suspect was identified simply as Olufemi, but popularly known as Femi Kuti. The state Commissioner of Police, Mr. Ikemefuna Okoye, said the arrest of Olufemi was a major breakthrough for the command.
He said the suspect had confessed that he alone had killed no fewer than six people, while members of his gang, who were on the run, had killed no fewer than 40 people. Kuti, who he said was rusticated from the Tai Solarin College of Education, Omu, was arrested around 6.30pm at Ijebu Ode.
He said, “We got information from members of the public about him, and our men began gathering intelligence report on him. We succeeded on Monday during the Ojude Oba Festival. “Femi Kuti and members of his gang were drinking and smoking skonk, a type of hard drugs.
He is not only a cultist, but a serial killer. He said members of his gang and he had killed about 50 people. “The members of his gang put up a resistance, and a gun battle ensued but eventually he was arrested after he was shot in the left leg.”