{"id":42575,"date":"2021-04-20T10:13:08","date_gmt":"2021-04-20T10:13:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=42575"},"modified":"2021-04-20T10:13:17","modified_gmt":"2021-04-20T10:13:17","slug":"nine-inmates-who-escaped-from-owerri-prison-arrested-after-arriving-ghana-by-boat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=42575","title":{"rendered":"Nine inmates who escaped from Owerri prison arrested after arriving Ghana by boat"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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The Ghana Police Service says nine Nigerians suspected to be inmates who escaped from the Owerri Correctional Centre during a jailbreak on April 5, have been arrested after arriving the country by boat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chief Superintendent Francis Somian, of the Greater Accra Region Police Division, who made the disclosure in a statement on Monday, said the Nigerians, including a female, were arrested while attempting to enter Ghana through the River Volta in Ada Foah.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

Somian said the suspects were arrested through super intelligence gathering.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

\u201cAfter profiling the suspects, it was discovered that they were some of the inmates believed to have broken jail in Nigeria and trying to escape to Ghana<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe were put on red alert by our counterparts in Nigeria and we have been using intelligence to monitor Nigerians coming into Ghana.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe police had information that some foreigners were ferried across the River Volta into Ada Foah and were preparing to travel through public transport to Accra when they were arrested<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cArmed with the information, the police quickly moved to the area, cordoned off the Clinic Junction Lorry Station and accosted the suspects onboard a Sprinter commercial bus with registration number ER 1657-14.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

\u201cItems found on them at the point of arrest were personal effects, passports, ID cards and both Nigerian and Ghanaian currencies, among others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe suspects have been handed over to the Ghana Immigration Service office in Tema for further action.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Somian gave the names of the suspects as Emmanuel Obinnah Chiedozie, 27; Kelli Ekureni, 33; Steve Eyenuku, 33; Freedom Yusuf, 25; Enebeli Lucky, 29; Yummi Usmah, 29; Patrick Chanar, 47; Bless Eyenuku, 25 and Obi Onuora, 38.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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