{"id":149875,"date":"2025-02-11T13:08:41","date_gmt":"2025-02-11T12:08:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/man-jailed-3-years-for-escaping-from-prison-custody-in-ebonyi"},"modified":"2025-02-15T23:28:26","modified_gmt":"2025-02-15T22:28:26","slug":"man-jailed-3-years-for-escaping-from-prison-custody-in-ebonyi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/man-jailed-3-years-for-escaping-from-prison-custody-in-ebonyi","title":{"rendered":"Man jailed 3 years for escaping from prison custody in Ebonyi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>An Abakaliki Magistrates\u2019 Court in Ebonyi has sentenced a 30-year-old man, Chekube Odom, to three years in prison for escaping from the lawful custody of the Nigeria Correctional Centre in the state.<\/p>\n<p>Odom, whose address was not known, had two years left to complete his initial sentence for stealing before he escaped. The defendant faced a one-count charge of escaping from prison custody.<\/p>\n<p>He pleaded guilty.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, the police prosecutor, Insp. Sabastine Alumona, told the court on Tuesday that Odom escaped from prison on June 27, 2024, when he was brought out for a clean-up.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow he was recaptured was that he committed another offence of burglary and stealing, and he was arrested and taken to the correctional centre.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUnfortunately for him, the prison warders recognized the defendant as the same person who had escaped from their custody,\u201d Alumona said.<\/p>\n<p>According to the prosecutor, the offence of escaping from prison is punishable under Section 135 of the Criminal Code, Cap 33, Vol. 1, of Ebonyi State of Nigeria, 2009.<\/p>\n<p>The Chief Magistrate, Mrs. Ezinne Uguru, in her ruling, sentenced the defendant to three years in prison.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. 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