The Ghana Prisons Service has said that it is pursuing the Chinese convict who escaped from custody after deceiving two prison officers with a KFC meal and soft drinks.
According to CCTV footage, the prison officers accompanied the Chinese prisoner to meet his wife at a hotel in Korle-Gonno, a suburb of Accra.
The convict and his spouse purportedly fled through the balcony of the room while the officers waited in the hotel reception area.
Consequently, the two officers, namely, Joseph Oteng and Sergeant Isaac Boateng, have been charged with conspiracy and aiding his escape.
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Head of Public Relations at the Ghana Prison Service, Abdul Latif Adamu, affirmed the institution’s commitment to recapturing the escaped convict.
“Our search party is still on the field. We have gotten a lot of intelligence information leading to where the convict can be found. So I can tell you that the search party is still not resting.
“We have had a lot of intelligence information we are working with, and hopefully by the time we finish putting that intelligence information into action, we hope to bring him back to custody,” Mr. Adamu added.