By Dayo Johnson

Akure—THIRTY suspected criminals, including two inmates that escaped during Ekiti jailbreak last year, were yesterday paraded by the Ondo State Police Command.

Addressing newsmen in Akure, Commissioner of Police, Isaac Eke, said: “Twelve of the suspects paraded were armed robbers, five suspected cultists and motorcycle snatchers among others.”

Eke said one of the suspected armed robbers, Femi Olowoporoku 38, who robbed five banks in Owo, killed and stole the telephone of one of the policemen in ‘A’ Division, Sgt Olayemi Yinka, had been arrested.

According to him, the  two inmates that escaped during Ekiti jailbreak, Tope Daramola and Banji Adedayo, have equally confessed to committing other robbery cases including Ekiti bank robbery.

According to him, the two suspects escaped from Ado prison last November 30.

The police chief added that one other suspect, Segun Akinseye,  and two other now at large robbed one Komolafe Remidayo of his vehicle, a Toyota Sienna bus with number plate KJA 790 CH.

Other items carted away by the five-man robbery gang included N1.6 million cash, five assorted mobile phones valued at N200,000 and other valuables.

The commissioner said on receipt of the complaint, detectives attached to Special Anti-Robbry Squad, SARS, in Akure swung into action and through forensic analysis carried out on one of the phones, the three suspects were apprehended.

He said: “On interro-gation, they confessed to committing the crime and other robbery cases, including Ekiti bank robbery and that both were inmates that escaped during the Ekiti  jailbreak.

Eke added that the suspects mentioned the names of other members of the gang and also confessed to be among the robbery gang that robbed a handset dealer in Igbara-Oke.

According to him, one of the suspects, Banji, was taken to Iro Street for investigation by detectives in a bid to arrest other fleeing gang members.

Also paraded were three suspects arrested for allegedly kidnapping former Odua Peoples Congress, OPC, leader, Tayo Alao.