IMO JAIL BREAK: FLEEING INMATE RE-ARRESTED IN LAGOS FOR THEFT
The Lagos State Police Command has rearrested Oyemachi Maduabuchi, who escaped from the Owerri Correctional Centre, Imo State, after the jail break that occurred on April 5, 2021.
A statement that was signed Lagos yesterday by the State Police Spokesperson, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, said that the suspect who fled Owerri that same day was said to have moved to Fegge in Onitsha, Anambra State, to meet his mother who later linked him up with his elder sister, Amarachi Maduabuchi, of Customs Bus Stop Ijegun Lagos. The sister thereafter invited him to Lagos on April 19.
Adejobi said: “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 April 20, 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 Mgbidi High Court 1, at Mgbidi in Imo State.
“The suspect has confessed to the crime while the Commissioner of Police, Lagos State, CP. Hakeem Odumosu, has directed that the suspect should be handed over to the Nigerian Correctional Service for further investigation and necessary action.
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