By 
Abiodun OBA
Officers of Ogun State Police Command have nabbed a 28-year-old Kuje Correctional Centre escapee, Yakubu AbdulMumuni in Sango-Ota, in the Ado-Odo/Ota Local Government Area of the State.
The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Abimbola Oyeyemi, disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday.
Oyeyemi said AbdulMumuni who was convicted for conspiracy and culpable homicide in Kogi State and sent to Kuje prison was arrested on Monday by operatives of the Police Command.
Oyeyemi said “the escapee, 28-year old Yakubu AbdulMumuni, 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 mobilised his men and moved to the area where the convict was apprehended.
“He confessed to the Police that he escaped from Kuje Correctional Centre on the 5th of July 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.”
The PPRO, however, said the Commissioner of Police, CP Lanre Bankole has ordered the State Criminal Investigation Department to facilitate the transfer of the convict to Correctional Centre with immediate effect.
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