Osun State Police Command said it arrested a notorious wanted serial killer Rasheed Hamed, popularly known as Rasheed Okoilu, in the early hours of Sunday.

SP Yemisi Opalola, Spokesperson of Police Command, said in a statement in Osogbo, that the suspect was arrested by a combined team of Police Officers from Dugbe Police Station and Oke Baale Police Station with support from local hunters.

She said the suspect was tracked and arrested after he went on a killing spree in Egbatedo, Osogbo, where he killed three people and had been handed over to the Anti-Cultism department of the Police Command in the State and was undergoing processing.

According to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), Osun Police Command, on March 10, declared Rasheed Okoilu and one Solomon Adedimeji (Solo Iwara) wanted in connection with offences of murder, arson, ritual killings, armed robbery, rape, and kidnapping.

The Police warned that anybody that harboured the suspects would be treated as an accomplice to their crimes.

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