Police Nab Imo Prison Escapee In Lagos

• An Imo prison escapee has been nabbed by police in Lagos State.

EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Lagos State Police Command has rearrested one Oyemachi Maduabuchi, who had earlier escaped from the Owerri Correctional Centres, Imo State.

It was gathered that the 34-year-old Maduabuchi escaped from the prison after the jail break that occurred in the state on April 5, 2021.

According to a statement by the Lagos State Police Command, “The suspect, who fled Owerri that same day, 5th Apri, 2021, moved to his village, Fegge in Onitsha, Anambra State, to meet his mother who later linked him up with his elder sister, Amarachi Maduabuchi, f, of Customs Bus Stop Ijegun Lagos.”

The police further disclosed that the suspect was kept in the sister’s house where she used to lead him to church for special deliverance service.

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“In the process, after the night vigil on 20th April, 2021, at Bride Assembly Church, Ijesha Area of Lagos State, the suspect allegedly stole the sim and the memory cards of a member (name withheld) of the church before he was eventually arrested and the stolen items recovered from him.

“In the course of police investigation, it was revealed that the suspect has been standing trial since 2009 for Conspiracy, Armed Robbery and Arson before Justice Nna Amadi of Ngbidi High Court 1, at Ngbidi in Imo State.”

The statement added that “the suspect has confessed to the crime while the Commissioner of Police, Lagos State, CP Hakeem Odumosu, has directed that the suspect be handed over to the Nigerian Correctional Service for further investigation and necessary action.”

EKO HOT BLOG gathered that Odumosu, therefore, assured the general public that the Command will not relent in its efforts in making Lagos State safe and peaceful for the residents.

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