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12th June 2023<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The Lagos State Police Command confirmed it had apprehended a welder, Aliu Tijani, who offered a helping to a suspected cultist to cut off his handcuffs after escaping from police custody.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The state Police Public Relations Officer, Benjamin Hundeyin, said on Sunday that the suspected cultist, Wasiu Opeyemi, was earlier apprehended in 2021, but escaped from police custody.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He said the suspect was rearrested by men of the command last week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The PPRO, in a tweet via @BenHundeyin,<\/em> stated, \u201cSuspected cultist, Wasiu Opeyemi, escaped from police custody in August 2021 in handcuffs.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cLast week, he was re-arrested alongside Aliu Tijani, the welder who cut off the handcuffs when he escaped the first time.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n
He added that the two suspects had both been arraigned and were currently in remand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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