One of the inmates who fled the Medium Security Correctional Centre, Kuje in Abuja, following an attack on the facility by terrorists, has been arrested by the Ogun State Police Command.
Persecondnews recalls that a group of terrorists on July 5, 2022, attacked the Custodial Centre at10p.m with explosives and other sophisticated weapons, freeing over 600 inmates including some of their members.
According to the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Interior, Dr Shuaib Belgore, those behind the attack were Boko Haram terrorists, who came specifically for their members held in custody.
Confirming the arrest of the inmate in a statement on Wednesday, the Police Public Relations Officer in Ogun, DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi, said the inmate, Yakubu AbdulMumuni, 28, was arrested following information received by policemen at Sango-Ota Divisional headquarters after the convict was sighted in the area.
“Upon the information, the Divisional Police Officer, Sango Ota Division, Superintendent of Police Saleh Dahiru, quickly mobilised his men and moved to the area where the convict was apprehended,” the PRO said.
The suspect is said to have confessed to the Police that he escaped from Kuje Correctional Centre on July 5, 2022, when it was attacked by bandits.
He stated further that he was convicted by Kogi state High Court for offence of conspiracy and culpable homicide and sent to the Kuje facility.
Oyeyemi said Police Commissioner Lanre Bankole has ordered the State Criminal and Investigations Department to facilitate the transfer of the convict to the Kuje correctional centre immediately.
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