The Lagos State Police Command has announced the arrest of a 44-year-old, Wasiu Akinwande, popularly known as Olori Eso, who has been on a wanted list and described as the most wanted, vicious and notorious hired killer and head of a killer gang in the history of Lagos State in recent times. 

According to a statement released on Friday by the State Command PRO, Benjamin Hundeyin, he was apprehended during a coordinated tactical operation code-named ‘Silence, Speed and Surprise’ carried out by the Command’s Tactical Squad in his hideout in the Agbado area of Ogun State.

“Arrest of most wanted vicious and notorious hired killer and head of killers gang in the history of Lagos State in recent time, Wasiu Akinwade a.k.a. Olori Eso, and recovery of nine (9) sophisticated firearms, ammunition, magazines, dagger, walkie-talkies and international passports,” the statement partly read.

“The recovered items include: Two (2) AK-47 rifles, one (1) K2 assault rifle, one (1) Red Ryder rifle, three (3) pump action rifles, two (2) locally made single-barrel pistols, five (5) magazines, fifty-seven (57) live cartridges, seventy (70) 5.56 live ammunition, twenty-seven (27) 9mm ammunition, one (1) expended 5.56 ammunition, one (1) dagger, three (3) walkie-talkies, nine (9) international passports belonging to different individuals,” Hundeyin stated.

“Akinwande’s criminal activities have left trauma, horror, agony and in the families of victims of his numerous high-profile crimes under investigation by the Lagos State Police Command.”

“The Deputy Commissioner of Police, State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID) has been directed by the Commissioner of Police to lead other specially selected crack detectives to broaden the investigation of the cases and round up all other suspects linked to Wasiu Akinwande and bring them to justice.”

Hundeyin added that four families have come forward to identify Akinwande as the person behind the killings of their relatives.

He said Akinwande is currently in custody under heavy security and will “face the full weight of the law for all his crimes.”

It was gathered that he's linked to the constant violence and killing in Mushin as he was reportedly declared wanted after a viral video of killing one Idi-araba boy surfaced online, while a hotel was raided at Paul Okuntola and several ammunitions and other items were recovered. 

The arrest came as police efforts to find a solution to the social unrest in Mushin recently. 

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