The Ghana Prisons Service is actively pursuing a Chinese prisoner who absconded from custody after enticing two prison officers with a KFC meal and soft drinks.
Surveillance footage reveals that the officers accompanied the Chinese convict to a hotel in Korle-Gonno, Accra, where he allegedly rendezvoused with his wife in a room.
Subsequently, the convict and his spouse purportedly escaped through the room’s balcony while the officers remained in the hotel lobby.
Consequently, Joseph Oteng and Sergeant Isaac Boateng Bonsu are now facing charges of conspiracy and abetting escape in relation to the incident.
Abdul Latif Adamu, the Head of Public Relations at the Ghana Prison Service, reiterated the institution’s commitment to apprehending the fugitive.
“Our search party is still on the field. We have gotten a lot of intelligence information leading to where the convict can be gotten. 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 those intelligence information into action we hope to bring him back to custody.”