NSCDC hands over re-arrested inmate to NCoS in Imo

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) on Friday handed over a prison inmate to the Nigeria Correctional Service (NCoS) in Imo State.

The state Commandant of NSCDC, Mr. Matthew Ovye, handed over the 28-year-old suspect shortly after he paraded him and one other before journalists in Owerri.

Ovye said the suspect, Chinonso Kalu, was arrested by NSCDC operative at the Hero Square in Owerri on June 6.

He said Kalu was caught after he robbed unsuspecting passersby of their valuables.

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The commandant said: “In the course of our investigation, it was discovered that the suspect was one of the prisoners who took advantage of the April 5, 2021 jail break in Owerri to escape from the facility.

“We are, therefore, handing him over to the NCoS for reabsorption in the facility and other necessary actions.’

An Inspector of Corrections, Mr. Casmir Obiozor, who received the inmate on behalf of NCoS, said he would be officially documented before other appropriate actions.

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