British-Nigerian jailed over son’s abduction escapes after mistaken prison release

A British-Nigerian man, Ifedayo Adeyeye, who was serving a situation condemnation successful the United Kingdom implicit the abduction of his son, has reportedly escaped aft being mistakenly released from custody.

The improvement emerged during tribunal proceedings on Monday, wherever it was revealed that officials astatine HMP Pentonville failed to notify constabulary authorities instantly aft the error, allowing Adeyeye respective days earlier a nationwide hunt was launched by Metropolitan Police, besides known arsenic Scotland Yard.

According to a study by The Telegraph UK on Tuesday, a justice had antecedently ruled successful June that Adeyeye unlawfully took his son, Laurys Adeyeye, from the child’s mother, Claire N’Djosse, successful France and transported him to Nigeria done the UK.

The child, who was calved successful France, had reportedly lived with his parent since birth.

The tribunal heard that the alleged abduction occurred connected July 27, 2024, marking the archetypal juncture the lad spent the nighttime with his father.

After allegedly failing to instrumentality the kid successful enactment with a UK tribunal order, Adeyeye was arrested upon returning to Britain and sentenced to six months imprisonment successful January for contem...