Nigerian newspapers · 30 November 2020
Police re-arrests four Edo escaped prisoners
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The Nigerian police command in Edo state has announced the re-arrest of four prisoners who escaped from the Oko Prison during the #EndSARS protests.
This was disclosed by the Force Public Relations Officer, Frank Mba, on Monday during a parade of suspects at its tactical unit in Abuja. It will recalled how armed men, last month, stormed the correction facility in Oko, popularly known as the Oko prison.
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It was reported that prison authorities first had a clue of the impending prison break as early as 9 a.m. on the day of the incident and called for reinforcement, but none came despite two other repeated attempts.
While parading the suspects, Frank Mba said they had been linked with cases of armed robbery, car theft, unlawful possession of weapons, illegal dealing and selling of weapons.
He gave the names of the escaped prisoners as Adebayo Opeyemi, Oloride Benjamin, Peter Osas, Hudu Musa and Frank Odion.
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Mba stated that Mr Opeyemi is a dismissed soldier, while Mr Benjamin was convicted and sentenced to death and Mr Musa had nine months left to serve out his prison term. Mba also added that Mr Benjamin snatched a vehicle 30mins after he escaped because he needed to leave Benin City, and in total, the convicts have snatched a total of four vehicles since their escape.