Months After Escaping From Prison, Man Rearrested For Kidnapping In Edo

The Edo State Police Command have arrested a suspected k!dnapper and one of the inmates who escaped from Oko prison in Benin during the October 2020 #EndSARS protest in the state.

The suspect, identified as Over Jamker was arrested on December 29, during a gun duel with the police after him and his gang allegedly k!dnapped four persons in two different locations in Benin.

The command’s spokesperson in a statement on Friday, December 31 said the four k!dnapped victims have been rescued while effort is ongoing to arrest the fleeing gang members.