Police Apprehend Four Edo Prison Escapees

The Nigeria Police Force said it has re-arrested four prisoners who escaped from the Oko Prison in Edo State in the wake of the #EndSARS protest.

They include Adebayo Opeyemi, Onos Benjamin, Peter Felix, and Hudu Musa.

Parading the suspects in Abuja, on Monday, Police Public Relations Officer, Frank Mba, explained that Opeyemi, a dismissed military man escaped and joined the group to form a new team.

The suspects who were arrested for crimes ranging from alleged armed robbery to car snatching in Kaduna confessed that they were all part of the prisoners who escaped from different correctional facilities in Edo State.

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Benjamin, who was on death row and awaiting execution admitted snatching a car 30 minutes after escaping from prison to aid his escape out of the state before selling the car to his contact in Niger Republic.

For Musa, the Force spokesman said he specialized in selling off stolen cars to border communities and had nine months left off his prison term before he escaped.

He also explained that the four escapees had formed a dangerous gang that started off where they stopped in crime before their convictions.

Recall that gunmen reportedly stormed the Oko correctional facility during the #EndSARS demonstrations and aided a jail break.