Kuje Prison: Inmate Who Escaped Arrested In Ogun

The Ogun State Police Command says it has arrested one of the inmates who escaped from the Medium Security Correctional Centre, Kuje in Abuja after an attack on the facility by terrorists.

Abimbola Oyeyemi, who is the Police Public Relations Officer in Ogun, confirmed the arrest of the inmate in a statement issued on Wednesday in Abeokuta, the state capital.

The name of the inmate is Yakubu Abdul Mumuni, 28 years old.

According to Oyeyemi, the escapee was arrested following information gotten by policemen at Sango Ota Divisional Headquarters that the convict was seen somewhere in the area.

“Upon the information, the Divisional Police Officer, Sango Ota Division, Superintendent of Police Saleh Dahiru, quickly mobilised his men and moved to the area where the convict was apprehended,” he narrated.

According to the statement issued, the suspect confessed to the police that he escaped from the correctional centre in Kuje on Tuesday last week when the facility was attacked by terrorists.

“He (the escapee) stated further that he was convicted by the Kogi State High Court for the offence of Conspiracy and Culpable Homicide and sent to Kuje correctional centre,” the command’s spokesman said.

He added that the Commissioner of Police in Ogun, Lanre Bankole, has ordered the State Criminal Investigation Department to speed up the transfer of the convict to the correctional centre with as soon as possible.