The Ekiti Police Command has rearrested no fewer than 110 escaped inmates from the Federal Prison, Ado Ekiti, on December 1, following gunmen attack.
The Commissioner of Police, Taiwo Lakanu, also revealed that 30 suspected armed robbers had been arrested.
A statement in Ado Ekiti on Monday by the State Police Public Relations Officer, Mr. Albert Adeyemi, said the command had set up various structures that had given room for constant patrol and clampdown on criminal hideouts.
These, he said, included provision of hotlines to residents, establishment of more pin down/flash points in the remote and developing areas, introduction of foot patrol in remote areas not motorable and constant raids of criminal hideouts.
Lakanu said, “We are determined to tackle crime and criminality headlong in the State. We have put in place many strategies which include ensuring that the residents armed themselves with the numbers of the CP and other personnel to enable quick reach when in distress.
“All these techniques have resulted in various arrests of armed robbers, burglars and other miscreants, the police cells are now overwhelmed by the number of the arrests so far made,” he said.
The CP added that the resultant effects of the new efforts gave rise to the high level of arrest of suspected criminals and escapee inmates.
He commended Ekiti State government and the Inspector General of Police, Mr Suleiman Abba for donating patrol vans to the command, saying it had helped in tackling cases of robbery and other associated crimes in the State.
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