The Osun Police Command, on Sunday, said 13 of the inmates who escaped from Abolongo Correctional Centre in Oyo, on Friday, had been re-arrested in Ejigbo, Osun.
SP Yemisi Opalola, Osun Police spokesperson, confirmed the development to newsmen and stated that the inmates were arrested Saturday night, adding that they would soon be transferred to the Police State Criminal Investigation Department.
“God has helped the Command to re-arrest 13 escaped prisoners from Abolongo Correctional Centre Oyo, Oyo State.
The inmates, it was gathered, were wandering in the town on Saturday, when policemen on patrol arrested them.
The Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, had earlier on Sunday, promised that all escaped inmates from the Oyo correctional facility would be re-arrested, during his visit to the correctional facility.
Aregbesola equally said 446 of the 907 escapees from the correctional centre had been recaptured, whilst 69 never left the facility.
He added that 392 inmates were still at large.
Source: NAN
