Malik Onebiri, alias Kobad Baron, who was declared wanted in connection with the mob killing of a police sergeant, has been arrested in Lagos.
Onebiri allegedly led a mob comprising mainly of members of the notorious Eiye Confraternity in attacking a police team stationed at Haruna Bus Stop by College Road, Ifako Ijaiye, Ogba, vandalising a patrol car and killing one Sergeant Collins Esiabor in the process.
Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Imohimi Edgal, paraded eight suspects linked to the attack last week, with a vow that Onebiri, who allegedly fired the shot that killed the policeman, could only run but not hide.
The wanted man was said to have left the state immediately after the attack on the police team.
“However, through discreet investigation carried out on the matter, police detectives arrested the said Malik Onebiri in his hideout in Gboko, Benue state,” Lagos police spokesman, Chike Oti, said in a statement made available to Qed.ng on Monday.
The statement continues: “Investigation thus far revealed that the notorious cultists attacked the police team to avenge the death of one of their members, who died while fleeing when he sighted a contingent of policemen on operational duties around Ifako Ijaiye Ogba.
“He probably thought the police team came for his arrest and took to his heels, fatally injuring himself in the process. It was also discovered that nobody reported the fate of the boy said to be a member of the Eiye confraternity until his associates in the deadly cult group attacked the police patrol team.
“The CP reiterates that the command will visit the full weight of the law on anybody or group that resorts to self-help or jungle justice in matters requiring the intervention of the law.”
