Ogun police nab inmate who escaped from Edo Prison during EndSARS protests

Policemen from Ogun State Command on Tuesday, January 5, 2021, arrested a prison inmate, one Obehi Ehis Frank Ogbeh, who had been at large.
Ogbeh escaped from the White House prison in Edo State during the EndSARS protests in October, 2020.
The state Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi, who disclosed this on Wednesday, January 6, said that the prison inmate was arrested following an information, received by policemen at Agbado divisional headquarters, that a middle-aged man was seen around Angulis area of Agbado, and that his look and conduct were suspicious.
“Acting on the information, the Divisional Police Officer in charge of the division, CSP Kehinde Kuranga, detailed detectives to the area, where the man was apprehended,” Oyeyemi stated.
The PPRO added that when interrogated, Ogbeh confessed to being an escapee from the White House prison in Edo State.
He also opened up that he was set free by hoodlums who attacked the prison yard during the EndSARS protests.
“He further confessed that he relocated to Agbado area, in order to avoid being re-arrested,” the police spokesman said.
Oyeyemi stated further that the state Commissioner of Police, Edward A. Ajogun had directed that the suspect be transferred to the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department, for further profiling.