Operatives of the Rapid Response Squad in Lagos, on Saturday morning, rearrested an ex-convict hours after he was released from prison.
The Lagos State Police command public relations officer, SP Benjamin Hundeyin anipr, mipra, made this known in a statement via the state command’s Twitter handle on Thursday.
According to the statement, an NGO paid for Yusuf’s fine which got him his freedom from prison.
The statement read in part, “Suspect, identified as Yakub Yusuf, aged 23 was arrested around 0800hrs on Saturday after regaining freedom following his one-month prison sentence for stealing at Lagos State fuel dump, Alausa, Ikeja.
“Learning that he was imprisoned because he could not pay a fine which was an option, an NGO facilitated his release by paying the fine on Friday, November 11, just ten days after his conviction on November 1, 2022.
“Yakub was arrested again after breaking into Lagos State Fire Service premises from where he stole valve covers of old fire truck under repairs.”
The CSP Olayinka Egbeyemi-led RRS has since transferred the suspect to the State Criminal Investigation Department for further investigation and prosecution.
