Ekiti State Police Command has confirmed the arrest of 110 inmates who escaped Ekiti prison in 2014.
In a statement signed by the Police Public Relations officer, Mr. Albert Adeyemi, the Force disclosed that over 30 suspected armed robbers have been apprehended this year.
According to the State Police Commissioner, Taiwo Lakanu, the effects of constant patrol and clampdown on criminal hideouts, has given rise to the high level of arrest of suspected criminals and escapee inmates.
“We have put in place many strategies which include ensuring that the residents arme themselves with the numbers of the CP and other personnel to enable quick reach when in distress”, he said.
Commending the Ekiti State Government and the Inspector General of Police, Mr. Suleiman Abba for donating patrol vans to the cops, Lakanu said that more pin downs and foot patrol operations have been intensified in some satellite towns within Ado Ekiti Metropolis and remote areas that are not motorable to complement the 24-hour patrol on highways and inner cities by his men.
