The police in Ondo State yesterday paraded two Ekiti jailbreak suspects for robbery.
Banji Adedayo and Tope Daramola were serving time for robbery when they escaped from the Ado-Ekiti Prison on November 30, last year.
The suspects reportedly joined three others to snatch a Toyota Sienna from Remidayo Komolafe in Akure, the state capital, in March.
They also “stole” five phones valued at N200,000.
The police apprehended them through one of the suspects’ girlfriend, who was given a phone by her lover.
Commissioner for Police Isaac Eke, who paraded 28 others, said upon interrogation the suspects confessed that they were among the inmates who escaped from the Ado-Ekiti Prison.
Eke added that the suspects also confessed that they robbed a phone dealer in Igba-Oke, Ifedore Local Government Area.
The commissioner said one of the fleeing gang members, identified as Titus Olorunsola, was shot in the left leg, when he accosted a police inspector during the invasion of their camp in Iro.
Three members of the Odua Peoples Congress (OPC) were paraded for allegedly kidnapping a former OPC governor, Tayo Alao.
Rafiu Alo, Michael Oladun and David Adesemoye were said to have collected a ransom before releasing the victim.
Eke said the suspects made Alao swear an oath that he would not report the incident to the police.
The police boss said he had been pressurised to release the suspects.