Lekan Shonde, 57 who is in police custody over the alleged killing of his wife, reportedly begged police officers to shoot him and that his life was no longer worth living.
He had earlier said he could hide out in Lagos for ages and still not be caught.
He was arrested yesterday afternoon.
It was gathered that the suspect was tracked to a hotel in GRA Ikeja by the RRS before he finally surrendered himself.
The alleged murderer was also said to have threatened suicide time and again.
It was reported that he sent out a large number of text messages to family and friends threatening to end it all some of which read “I want to die, Please help,” ”I can’t face police or cell,” “You are the only one advising me not to kill myself, I will respect you till I die,” “I want to go to the Attorney General of Lagos State to surrender myself.”
According to Lagos Metro, a source in the RRS said “Our men tracked him to a hotel in Ikeja GRA but we were careful not to allow him escape. We kept monitoring the movement of people in the area.”