Three suspects in police custody for alleged defilement and other related crimes in the Talensi District of the Upper East Region have broken jail, officials of the Ghana Police Service in the area have confirmed.
According to a police situational report, Sergeant Lariba Abilba, Constable Kichekpa Ju Napoleon Banu and Constable Ntiamoah Elizabeth reported that while on duty at the charge office, they heard the cell inmates Fawas Musah, a juvenile remand prisoner, Francis Dabang a suspect in a defilement case and Kwadwo Dinaya, another suspect in custody for stealing singing praises and worship.
After a while, the report said the cell became quiet. When one of the officers went to inspect the cell, she discovered that, the prisoners had removed a block out of the cell wall in the bathroom to her dismay.
The inmates however escaped from lawful custody.
Meanwhile, personnel have since been deployed to assist in the search for the escapees while an armed guard who collapsed after the incident is on admission at the Tongo District hospital receiving treatment.
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