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Actress Rabi Ismail Who Was Sentenced to Death & Escaped Prison 6 Years Ago Recaptured by DSS

Gbolahan Adeyemi
By Gbolahan Adeyemi
Published: May 31, 2017
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In December 2011 , a Hausa Actress, Rabi Ismail who was sentenced to death by hanging , escaped from Hadejia prison, and her escape baffled many .

6 years later, Rabi has been recaptured by the Intelligence Unit of the Nigerian Prisons Service with the support of men of the State Security Service, SSS .

The Hausa Actress, Ms . Ismail was sentenced to death by hanging for culpable homicide by a High Court in Kano on January 5 , 2005.

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She was subsequently held in Kaduna Central Prison from where she was transferred to Hadejia prison before she escaped about five years ago , the prison service public relations officer, Francis Enobore, said in a statement on Tuesday.

He expressed the appreciation of the Controller-General of Prisons, Jaa ’ faru Ahmed , to the DSS and the police for their assistance in recapturing the fugitive.

He appealed to members of the public to continue to provide useful information on escapees and indeed any criminal element in their midst to security agents , noting that such outlaws posed a security threat to the society.

Enobore said the CG said that security measures had been strengthened to prevent inmates in prison custody from escaping .

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“ Furthermore, escapees still at large will be fished out of their hidings no matter how long it takes to do so , ” he assured .

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