One of the inmates who escaped from Kuje Correctional Centre, FCT, Abuja, has been arrested by the Police in Ogun State.
According to Ogun State Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi,”the escapee, Yakubu AbdulMumuni,28, 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 moblised his men and moved to the area where the convict was apprehended.He confessed that he escaped from Kuje Correctional Centre on July 15, 2022, when the Centre was attacked by bandits. He stated further that he was convicted by Kogi State High Court, for offence of Conspiracy and culpable Homicide and sent to Kuje Correctional Centre.
“Meanwhile, Commissioner of Police, CP Lanre Bankole, has ordered the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department(SCIID),to facilitate the transfer of the convict to Correctional Centre with immediate effect”.
