Edo State Prisons Command Repelled An Attempt To Free Inmates

An armed squad from the Edo State Prisons Command foiled an attempt to free inmates being conveyed to the Oko Medium Prisons from court on April 4, 2014, Friday.

Three suspects involved in ambush on the convoy were arrested. One of the two vehicles used by the suspects was impounded, while the other escaped with the passengers.

It has been learnt that the suspects had trailed the two Green Maria conveying the inmates from the court on Sapele Road to Airport road, when they were blocked from overtaking the Green Maria vehicles.
18 inmates being transferred were notorious criminals, whose offences ranged from armed robbery to kidnapping.Continue....

“The two vehicles had been on the trail of the two Green Maria vehicles and another backup vehicle that were being used to convey the inmates back to the prison from the court.

“Acting on suspicion of the vehicles, my armed squad team warned them to desist from following them but they kept on chasing our vehicles, even at the same speed.
“It was at this turn that my armed squad shot sporadically into the air to scare them but again, this didn’t deter them.

“My officers then had to find a way of blocking them and in the process, they apprehended one of the vehicles, while the other escaped,” the Edo State Comptroller of Prisons, Mr Effiom Etowa, narrated.
Three of the attackers were handed over to the police for investigation. No inmates were freed during the ambush.(NAN)