Operatives of Ogun State Police Command have arrested a prison escapee, Festus Okoeguare, and one Nancinant Paul Joshua, for vandalising electricity cable.
The two suspects were arrested on July 16, 2022 following information received by policemen at Ogbere divisional headquarters that the power installation at Hallmark University junction along Shagamu-Benin Expressway had been vandalized by some hoodlums.
Upon the information, the Divisional Police Officer, DPO, Ogbere division, mobilised his men in conjunction with men of Amotekun corps and moved to the scene.
On sighting the security men, the hoodlums took to their heels while a get-away vehicle they parked quickly zoomed off with some cables.
Other suspects were hotly chased and two amongst them were apprehended.
On interrogation, it was discovered that Festus Okoeguare was an escapee from White House Correctional Centre, located at Sapele Road, Benin city.
It was further revealed that the escapee was convicted for murder in 2010 and was sentenced to death by hanging.
It was during the EndSARS protest that the prison was broken into and he escaped.
Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police, CP Lanre Bankole, has directed that the suspects be transferred to State Criminal Investigation Departments for proper profiling and onward transfer to the Correctional Centre.
