The River State Police Command on Thursday arrested another serial killer of girls in Port Harcourt, Rivers State capital, named Gracious David West.
He was arrested by the police along East-West Road en route Uyo from Port Harcourt.
The 26-year old killer from Buguma LGA of Rivers State, who is also a member of the Degbam cult group has since made useful statements to the police.
The police said investigation is on with a view to ascertaining his motives and possible accomplices.
Recall that at least eight women have been murdered in different hotels in the state in the last two months.
The police had on Wednesday confirmed it arrested a suspect who reportedly was about to strangle a woman at a hotel in the Mile 4 axis of Port Harcourt, the state capital.
The state Commissioner of Police, Mustapha Dandaura, disclosed this while addressing the female groups that protested the recent killing of young women in the state.
On Tuesday, the commissioner earlier said the force arrested two suspects in connection with the killings.
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He said while one of the suspects was trailed to Kaduna state, the other was apprehended after a young woman reported to the police that a man was trying to lure her to a hotel with a promise to pay her N30,000.
The CP said the suspect would be brought to Rivers where he allegedly committed the crime.
“So far, we have made substantial progress in the investigation of these killings. In one of the cases, the actual murder suspect has been arrested and he is making useful confessions.
‘He would have been paraded today but we are still working on some clues given by him that may aid our investigation,” he had said.
“Regrettably, it has come to my notice that some hotels have yet to comply with my directive on CCTV camera, hence my order to arrest the managers, receptionists and desk officers in two hotels, where two separate murders were recorded.
“They will be investigated and if found culpable, charged with culpable homicide.
“Today, I want to reinforce our commitment to tackling the menace and assure you that we have come to the end of this monstrous act by desperate cultists and ritualists,” added Dandaura last Tuesday.
