Police at the Abuakwa Division in the Ashanti Region have re-arrested the two inmates who escaped from the Akropong police cells last week, sources have told dailymailgh.com.
The incident was reported on Tuesday, February 8, when an on-duty officer [name withheld], who was on a routine visit to the facility at about 5:20 a.m., detected that the inmates had fled the facility.
They were however captured at Kasoa in the Central Region on Wednesday, 16 February, after a serious manhunt was authorized by a District Police Commander who further gave a 10-day ultimatum to the officer to produce the suspects.
Police gave their names as Ebenezer Adjei, a remand prisoner and suspect Nelson Awusi. They have since been brought to the Abuakwa Station cells “for prosecution without any delay”, parts of a police incident report widely shared online read.
f most holding areas in Ghana’s police stations.
In January 21, 2018, seven inmates of the Kwabenya Police Station in Accra escaped from custody through a cell break carried out by six armed men.
An on-duty officer, Inspector Emmanuel Ashilevi was shot and killed during the raid.
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