Enugu State Police Command has re-arrested Gideon Balogun, a prisoner that escaped from the Nigerian Correctional Service, NCS, in Enugu in 2017.
A statement by the command’s Public Relations Officer, PPRO, Ebere Amaraizu, on Thursday, said Balogun, who hailed from Edo, was re-arrested on August 21, in Emene, an outskirt of Enugu metropolis.
He said the suspect was a former inmate of Enugu Prison and had been on the wanted list of the NCS in Enugu State.
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According to the spokesperson, “Police operatives of Emene Division in the early hours of Wednesday re-arrested the wanted suspect while attempting to steal shafts from a mechanic workshop located in Emene, along Enugu-Abakiliki Road.”
Mr Amaraizu said that the state Commissioner of Police, Suleiman Balarabe, ordered a full-scale investigation into the alleged nefarious activities of the suspect and prompt arraignment in court.
NAN
