Following the attack on Abolongo Correctional Centre in Oyo town on Friday night, no fewer than thirteen inmates who escaped from the facility have been rearrested by the police in Osun State.
According to report, the police with the support of residents arrested the fleeing inmates in some communities in the Ejigbo Local Government Area of Osun State on Saturday night.
Osun police spokesperson, SP Yemisi Opalola, confirmed the arrested.
“Our men have rearrested inmates who escaped from the Abolongo Custodial Center.
“Inmates arrested are: Adekanbi Kola, Semiu Sali, Garuba Nurudeen, Ismaila Garuba, Nasifi Garuba, Qadri Yusuf, Ezekiel Owolabi, Bamidele Kehinde, Daodu Emmanuel, Dele Babatunde, Adeyemo Ifalowo, Ridwan Akinsola, Sola Owolabi”
Opalola stated that the inmates will be transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department in Osogbo for proper handing over.