The Osun State Police Command have arrested a suspected cultist, Rasheed Hammed, popularly known as Rasidi Oko’lu in the wee hours of Sunday after five months of manhunt.
Oko’lu was alleged to have been terrorising Ede and caused deaths of many.
The Osun State Police Command had declared him wanted for his criminal activities.
In a statement by the Police Public Relations Officer for Osun Command, Yemisi Opalola, in March said Rasidi was wanted in connection with offences of murder, arson, ritual killing and armed robbery.
It reads, “suspect has been causing menace in Ede and the entire Osun state. Anybody by harbour the suspect will be treated by the police as accomplice to the crimes. Anybody having useful information to his whereabouts will be handsomely rewarded.”
However, Oko’lu was arrested in his hideout in Osogbo, Osun State capital around 4am by men of the Anti-Cultism Unit of Osun Police Command.
The Police Command Public Relations Officer in the state, Yemisi Opalola confirmed the arrest in a terse statement.
She said: “Yes. We arrested him last night.”
