RE: ESCAPE FROM LAWFUL CUSTODY.
The attention of the Commissioner of police Cross River State Police Command, CP Abdulkadir Jinmoh has been drawn to the unverified exasperated item making round some social media platform, to the effects that nineteen suspected armed robbers and kidnappers escaped from police custody.
It’s on the above that the commissioner of police wishes to update the general public on 13th December 2020 at about 5am seven detainees who were in the custody of one the command’s outfits for various offences escaped from the cell.
However, three of them died in the process of escaping, while one is rearrested. meanwhile, effort is being intensified to apprehend other fleeing culprits.
Only 7 suspects escaped from police custody in Calabar ― CP Jimoh
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By Ike Uchechukwu
The Cross River State Police Command on Monday cleared the air over the escape of some detainees in their custody.
The Commissioner of Police, Abdulkadir Jimoh in a statement on Monday signed by the Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Irene Ugbo said only seven detainees in their custody tried to escape and not 19 as being falsely reported.
“The attention of the Commissioner, of Police Cross River State Police Command, CP Abdulkadir Jinmoh, has been drawn to the unverified exasperated item making round some social media platforms, to the effects that nineteen (19) suspected armed robbers and kidnappers escaped from Police custody.