An inmate of the Lapu-Lapu City Jail who escaped Thursday afternoon was recaptured by his jailers at JY Square in Cebu city yesterday.
Saveniano Dayondon, 34, said he bolted the jail because he badly missed his children and wanted to be with his live-in partner who is giving birth soon.
Dayondon, a native of Pagadian City, used to reside in barangay Agus, Lapu-Lapu City.
He was jailed last March on charges of possession of illegal substances and illegal possession of firearms.
Dayondon escaped by removing the GI roofing sheets of the jail’s comfort room and climbing out.
He then climbed over the jail’s fence.
Dayondon was supposed to be in the jail’s workshop as part of its livelihood program. At about 3 p.m., the jail guard on duty noticed that Dayondon was no longer there.
A team led by Jail Warden Reynante Rubio immediately coordinated with the City Intelligence Branch of the Lapu-Lapu city to launch a manhunt.
They used an inmate who, jail authorities discovered, had planned to escape with Dayondon, to lure the escapee into meeting up with him.
Dayondon went to JY Square to see his fellow inmate, whom he thought had also managed to escaped.
The warden said Dayondon and the other inmate had planned to lie low in barangay Mabolo and escape detection of the authorities.
The search for the escapee took 19 hours.
An investigation will be conducted to determine if there were security lapses that should be corrected in relation to Dayondon’s escape.