Eniola Jolaoso
In a shocking development, Philip Ogunnaike, the suspected notorious killer recently apprehended by Ogun State Police, has appealed for a swift death sentence for himself and his alleged co-conspirators without further investigation and legal proceedings.
He made this request in an investigative footage shared by the State Police Public Relations Officer, Omolola Odutola on her X page.Haven Blamed Danjuma and other unidentified accomplices for his initiation into the notorious Eiye Confraternity, leading him down the path of violence.
According to him, “I just don’t want anything other than the police arresting Danjuma and others who lured me into the Eiye cult. If we get to court, they should not bother hearing our case, they should just go and kill us”
“But before they kill us, they should give me food so that I can eat before they kill me because those that I killed may just have finished eating before I killed them,” he said in Yoruba
After an intensive investigation, the 29-year-old suspect CONFESSED to be responsible for the tragic deaths of at least three young girls, including an 18-year-old, in distinct incidents across the state.
The Authorities However ,exposed Philip’s heinous strategy of targeting vulnerable individuals, leading them into forest isolation then killing them, stealing their phones and discarding their bodies , leaving families and communities shattered.
Investigation also revealed that Philip had earlier absconded from the Ibara Correction Centre two years ago over armed robbery charges.
Upon his arrest on Friday , the Police disclosed that the suspect has testified being responsible for the killings of Mary Ogunyemi (23 years), Abigail Dina ( 22 years) and Akinsanya Habibat ( 18 years)
Philip who led the Police to his three different murder scenes, confessed to having lured and killed his neighbour’s daughter ,Ogunyemi Mary and two others.
In a statement documented , Philip Recalled how Mary met her ordeal.
“she was sent by her mother to get fruits at Adatan, Esero Estate in the early hours of the morning of July 3, 2024..Philip however escorted her and being a trusted neighbor, there was no cause for alarm”
“ He lured her to a nearby bush in Asero Estate and called in another culprit to assist him in the kidnapping process”.
“The victim was however tied with rope and after her iPhone was taken from her, they jointly strangled her to death. The murderers later contacted the victim’s mother by phone and requested for a ransom of seventeen thousand naira.
The Culprits dumped Mary’s body in the bush and headed straight to BADAGARY, Lagos State where the iPhone was sold for #8,000.
In the same vein, The command also gave a report of how the suspect raped and killed 18-year-old Akinsanya who happened to be his Employer’s daughter on her father’s farmland, at Mile 6, Abeokuta, August 30, 2024.
“Ogunnaike held the victim hostage on her father’s farmland then was raped and strangled her to death with a rope”.
“He later reached out to the deceased parents to demand a ransom of #1 Million before absconding from the scene but the parent could only afford
#30,000 in which they paid to the moniepoint account that was sent to them by the Kidnapper”.
Meanwhile Akinsanya’s lifeless body was later discovered on her father’s farmland in Obasa village, Mile 6, Abeokuta, Ogun State, alongside her POS machine .
In addition , the suspect confessed to having lured her to the family farm then raped her and tied her legs with rope before strangling her to death.
In addition , The suspect confessed to have been employed by the victim’s father, was working on the farmland when he saw the victim passing by. He lured her to the farm and then tied her legs with a rope before strangling her to death.
In Conclusion, The state Police Commissioner, Abiodun Alamutu also announced that a thorough Search operation on the Co- Conspirators has begun .