Prisoner Gets Stuck In A Hole While Trying To Escape His Cell | See Photos

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Femi Akanji had finished digging up a hole in his cell in Oyo state but got stuck in it when he tried to escape.

The 35-year-old robbery suspect found himself in jail after he was nabbed by the police burgling a shop on the 12th of November 2014.

Speaking to the Tribune, he narrated why he decided to escape.

He said:

"I decided to escape from the cell to avoid the trouble I had put myself into, unknown to me that I was complicating matter. After my two cell mates had slept, I started using my hands to dig the wall silently in the dead of the night. I started from a point where I noticed a crack in the cell.When some bricks fell, I further used them in digging and after I had created a hole, I pushed my head into it and tried to escape before dawn. Unfortunately for me, I got stuck, so I shouted. My cry brought the policemen on duty towards the cell and woke my co-inmates up. That was how I was rescued and secured till I was brought to Ibadan.”

He continued..

"Now, I know that crime does not pay. If God should save me from the current situation I am in now, I will never venture into crime again in my life. I have realised that whatever is acquired fraudulently or any ill-gotten wealth does not last. I have my time and life. If I had been contented with my little business and had not engaged in crime, I would not have lost my belongings which now serve as part of the exhibits recovered.”