Imo jailbreak: Inmate rearrested in Lagos

The police in Lagos State have rearrested a robbery suspect, Oyemachi Maduabuchi (34), alleged to be among inmates who escaped from the Owerri Correctional Centre in Imo State on April 5, 2021. The suspect was rearrested after he stole SIM and memory cards at a church at Bariga where he was taken to for deliverance. […]

The police in Lagos State have rearrested a robbery suspect, Oyemachi Maduabuchi (34), alleged to be among inmates who escaped from the Owerri Correctional Centre in Imo State on April 5, 2021.

The suspect was rearrested after he stole SIM and memory cards at a church at Bariga where he was taken to for deliverance.

The state’s police spokesman, Muyiwa Adejobi, said the suspect fled from Owerri on April 5, 2021, to his village, Fegge, in Onitsha, Anambra State, to meet his mother.

Adejobi said, “The suspect in his confessional statement alleged that his mother later linked him up with his elder sister, Amarachi Maduabuchi, who resides at Customs Bus Stop, Ijegun, Lagos.

“He said his sister thereafter invited him to Lagos on April 19, 2021. The suspect was kept in the sister’s house where she used to lead him to church for special deliverance service.

“After the vigil on April 20, 2021, at Bride Assembly Church, Ijesha Area of Lagos State, the suspect stole the SIM and memory cards of a member 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 suspect has confessed to the crime and he will be handed over to the Nigerian Correctional Service.”