Breaking: 42 daredevil armed robbers, cultists escape from police custody in Bayelsa state

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- The police launch massive man hunt for escaping suspected criminals

- IGP Ibrahim Idris says the police have so far apprehended about 3,000 suspected kidnappers nationwide

About 42 suspected armed robbers and cultists detained by the Special Anti Robbery Squad cell in Yenagoa on Tuesday, November 7, broke free from detention and escaped.

A policeman attached to the SARS, who was drafted to cordon off the facility, said that they were still taking stock of the number of inmates that had escaped, The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports.

“The cell holds more than 50 suspects but it is empty, so it is difficult to give an accurate number until they check the records, but we hear that 42 criminals were being detained,” the policeman said.

A police source said that one of the escapee suspects had been re-arrested while the search for others had begun.

The spokesman of the police command in Bayelsa, DSP Asinin Butswat, said the incident was being investigated but that the details were sketchy.

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He promised to provide further details as soon as they are available.

Meanwhile, the Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, on Friday, November 3, said the police had so far apprehended about 3,000 suspected kidnappers nationwide.

The IGP made this known when he briefed State House correspondents after a closed door meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

He said that already a task force had been inaugurated to scrutinise and streamline the suspects with a view to ensuring their speedy trial.

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