Another Kuje Prison Escapee Arrested In Ogun

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An escapee from the Kuje Correctional Center, Yakubu AbdulMumuni, had been arrested by men of the Ogun state police command.

The 28-year-old suspect was arrested in Sango-Ota, in the Ado-Odo/Ota Local Government Area of the State.

This information was made known on Wednesday by the State Police Public Relations Officer, Abimbola Oyeyemi.

Oyeyemi said AbdulMumuni was convicted for conspiracy and culpable homicide in Kogi State and sent to Kuje prison, he was arrested on Monday by operatives of the Police Command.

The 28-year-old escapee was arrested following information received by policemen at Sango-Ota divisional headquarters that, the convict was sighted somewhere around Sango Ota.

“Upon the information, the DPO Sango-Ota division, SP Saleh Dahiru quickly mobilized his men and moved to the area where the convict was apprehended.

“He confessed to the Police that he escaped from Kuje Correctional Center on the 5th of July 2022, when the Center was attacked by bandits.

“He stated further that he was convicted by Kogi state High Court for the offense of Conspiracy and culpable Homicide and sent to Kuje Correctional Center.”

However the Commissioner of Police, CP Lanre Bankole has ordered the State Criminal Investigation Department to transfer the convict to the Correctional Center with immediate effect.