3 inmates rearrested after escaping from detention, taking with them, two Ak 47 riffles

On September, 2, 2017, some suspects in the Anti-Kidnapping Section (D7) of State CIID Umuahia Cell, Abia State, escaped from the detention facility. .

The suspects made away with two AK 47 Rifles kept outside the Armoury for quick response to emergencies, to facilitate their escape. .

The inmates conceived the escape and nurtured it into fruition due to the negligence/absence from duty of the policemen scheduled for duty on that fateful day. .

However, three of the escapees, Kingsley Anyim, Chijioke Chukwu and Emeka Ukaegbu have been rearrested and one of the rifles recovered.

Meanwhile, all the officers involved in the act of negligence/absence from duty have all been taken through the Force approved disciplinary action process and dismissed from the Force, and will be prosecuted. .

Efforts to rearrest the remaining escapees is being intensified. One of the suspects, Emeka Ukaegbu, has confessed to where he kept the remaining AK47 rifle.