A car wash attendant identified as Ismaila Raji, who was rescued by the men of Oyo State Police Command after a mob attack for allegedly killing seven persons including some pupils of Lagelu Grammar School in Ibadan, has died.
DAILY POST gathered that Ismaila Raji was arrested on Saturday after a mob attack for allegedly killing the seven persons.
But, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Olugbenga Fadeyi, who confirmed the arrest of the suspect, however insisted that the suspect had died after he was rescued to the University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan.
Fadeyi told DAILY POST on Wednesday that the suspect died after he was rescued to UCH on Sunday.
Raji, it was gathered, was arrested by the mob at Olorunsogo area of Ibadan while trying to dispose the body of his latest victim, Rasaki Musibau, who he allegedly strangled inside the deceased’s home.
Raji, according to sources, was nabbed by residents of the area.
He was said to have confessed while being beaten by the mob that a popular businessman in Ibadan contracted him and his accomplices – Sunday, Kella, Awilo, Omo Ola and ID Noble.
But, Fadeyi, who confirmed the arrest of the suspect, said that the suspect died after he was rescued on Sunday.
Fadeyi maintained that the police is yet to get enough facts about the alleged killing of the seven persons by the suspect.
He said, “Yes, the Police has not gotten facts about the killing of seven persons before he was set ablaze by angry mobs on 20/04/19 and was rescued to UCH before he died in the process on 21/04/19.”
