Ekiti Police arrest 110 escaped inmates

The Ekiti Police Command has rearrested no fewer than 110
escaped inmates from the Federal Prison, Ado Ekiti, on December
1, following gunmen attack.
The Commissioner of Police, Taiwo Lakanu, also revealed that 30
suspected armed robbers had been arrested.
A statement in Ado Ekiti on Monday by the State Police Public
Relations Officer, Mr. Albert Adeyemi, said the command had set up
various structures that had given room for constant patrol and
clampdown on criminal hideouts.
These, he said, included provision of hotlines to residents,
establishment of more pin down/flash points in the remote and
developing areas, introduction of foot patrol in remote areas not
motorable and constant raids of criminal hideouts.
Lakanu said, “We are determined to tackle crime and criminality
headlong in the State. We have put in place many strategies which
include ensuring that the residents armed themselves with the
numbers of the CP and other personnel to enable quick reach when
in distress.
“All these techniques have resulted in various arrests of armed
robbers, burglars and other miscreants, the police cells are now
overwhelmed by the number of the arrests so far made,” he said.
The CP added that the resultant effects of the new efforts gave rise
to the high level of arrest of suspected criminals and escapee
inmates.
He commended Ekiti State government and the Inspector General
of Police, Mr Suleiman Abba for donating patrol vans to the
command, saying it had helped in tackling cases of robbery and
other associated crimes in the State.