Kuje prison attack: Fleeing inmates rearrested in Abuja, Niger
EMERGENCY DIGEST- Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have rearrested one of the wanted terror suspects who escaped during last week’s Tuesday attack on the Kuje Correctional Centre, Abuja.
Spokesman of the agency, Femi Babafemi, in a statement in Abuja, said the fleeing terror suspect, Suleiman Sidi, was rearrested in the early hours of yesterday at Area 1 Motor Park, Abuja, while attempting to board a commercial vehicle to Maiduguri, Borno State.
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He said, “When he was searched, three wraps of cannabis sativa (Indian hemp) were found on him. During preliminary interview, the wanted terror suspect confirmed he was remanded at the Kuje Correctional Centre on terrorism and robbery charges, and that he was indeed one of the inmates who escaped from the facility last Tuesday.”
In a similar incident, the police in Niger State have recaptured another fleeing inmate, Kazeem Murtala.
The police spokesman in the state, DSP Wasiu Abiodun, in a statement yesterday, said the 54-year-old was rearrested on Saturday in a compound in Suleja, Niger State, during a patrol around the general hospital’s Bakassi area.
He said, “During interrogation, the inmate confessed that he escaped from the Kuje Custodial Centre during the attack where he was serving a jail term after conviction for an offence and that he had been in the custody for the past two years.”
