Five inmates from Suleja custodial centre regain freedom

Operatives of Quick Response Squad  (QRS), attached to Delta State Police Command, yesterday, arrested 26-year old Chukwuma Owoh and two other suspected cultists along Pessu Corner in Warri.

The Command’s spokesperson, Bright Edafe, who confirmed the arrest, gave the names of other suspects as Ediri Ogendengbe ‘m’, 32 and Alfred Kess ‘m’ 38.

Edafe said they were arrested during a stop and search duty along Pessu Corner in Warri.

According to him, police officers intercepted a tricycle with three occupants and upon search of the occupants, one locally made cut-to-size gun and four live cartridges were recovered from them.

He said one of the suspects, Owoh confessed that he bought the gun from one Haruna of Hausa market Warri, and that he was on his way to Pessu in search of some Aiye confraternity cult members that attacked his younger sister.

While declaring that the suspects are currently in custody as the police are investigating the matter, he urged officers and men of the Command to sustain the crime reduction tempo.

Edafe admonished them to be polite to members of the public while on duty, saying, “incivility to members of the public will no longer be tolerated.”

MEANWHILE, a group, Shaimes Unusual Hearts Foundation, has facilitated the release of five prisoners from Suleja Medium Security Custodial Centre in Niger State.

The group said that the gesture was out of love and compassion for the less-privileged, especially those who were in prison for bailable offences.

Speaking at the Suleja Custodial Centre, during the release of the prisoners,  the programme Director of the foundation, Shedrack Okah,  said the gesture was part of  the foundation’s legacy project, to mark the founder’s birthday.

Earlier in his address, the Assistant Controller of Corrections, Ali Dayyabu Ali, commended Shamies Foundation for empowering the less privileged in Nigeria. He also called on other NGOs to key into what the foundation is doing in the area of releasing prisoners. He also  noted that the foundation has contributed a lot in the aspect of education.

Confirming the numbers of  the released inmates , he said:  “When the foundation came here, they paid for bail  for five inmates and promised to establish  and rehabilitate them to society.

Speaking with newsmen, one of the released inmates, Rebecca Danjuma, commended and thanked the foundation for their kind gesture.