Update: How 'Killer husband', Lekan Shonde's friends made him surrender himself to Police

Mr. Lekan Shonde, who had been the run for the alleged killing of his wife, is now in police net.


While the police claimed that he was tracked down and arrested, The Rapid Response Squad, RRS, reported that the he was in their custody. He is said to have voluntarily surrendered himself.

The fugitive had  boasted early today in an interview  that he could hide in Lagos for 30 years without being apprehended.

The efforts to get him to surrender began early this morning ( Monday, May 9 ) when his friends contacted Chris Kehinde Nwandu, a popular blogger and some people. They were advised to come to Ikeja with Lekan. And they met at a hotel in GRA Ikeja, Lagos, around 11:30 am.

After a short discussion, they moved to the Secretariat in Alausa, Ikeja, to meet with the commander of the Rapid Reponse Squad, Tunji Disu, around 12 noon.

From the secretariat, they moved to the office of Police Commissioner, Fatai Owoseni, who handed over the suspect to the homicide section in Panti, Yaba, Lagos.