More men of the Ondo State Police Command and the Nigerian Army have been deployed in the Infectious Disease Hospital, Akure, the Ondo State capital.
The PUNCH gathered that this was to ensure that one of the suspected killers of Mrs Funke Olakunrin, the daughter of the leader of the Afenifere, Pa Reuben Fasoranti, did not escape from the hospital.
The suspected killer, Adamu Adamu, who was arrested and arraigned before a magistrate court in Akure, over the death of Olakunrin, tested positive for the coronavirus, and had been receiving treatment at the IDH.
It was gathered that the accused person had made several attempts to flee the IDH and escape but the security agents manning the hospital had been preventing him, hence, there was a deployment of more security operatives in the health facility.
The source said, “The man (accused person) has made several attempts by deploying various tactics to escape from the hospital. It was the timely intervention of the police that prevented his latest attempt to flee the custody.
“Whenever Adamu goes to the toilet he spends long hours in the toilet.”
The source stated further that the little free movement granted the accused inside the ward where COVID-19 patients were receiving treatment, had been stopped, adding that he had been chained to his bed and closely monitored to the toilet by the security agents.
The state Police Public Relations Officer, Mr Tee-Leo Ikoro, confirmed that security has been beefed up at the hospital to ensure that the accused did not escape.
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