Police operatives in Ogun State have arrested one of the escapees of the Kuje Correctional Centre, Yakubu AbdulMumuni.
He was apprehended in the Ado-Odo/Ota Local Government Area of the Ogun State.
It was gathered that the 28-year-old AbdulMumuni was arrested after police received a hint on his presence within the community.
Ogun State Police Public Relations Officer, Abimbola Oyeyemi, while confirming the development said AbdulMumuni was arrested following information received by policemen at Sango-Ota divisional headquarters that the convict was sighted somewhere around Sango Ota.
Following this, the DPO of Sango-Ota division, SP Saleh Dahiru, immediately mobilised his men to the area and arrested the convict.
“He confessed to the police that he escaped from Kuje Correctional Center on the 5th of July 2022, when the Center was attacked by bandits.
“He stated further that he was convicted by Kogi State High Court for the offence of Conspiracy and culpable homicide and sent to Kuje Correctional Centre,” Oyeyemi informed.
Oyeyemi added that the state Commissioner of Police, Lanre Bankole had ordered his transfer back to the Kuje Correctional Center.