Eleven months after, the attack on Kuje Correctional Centre in the Federal Capital Territory Abuja facility by insurgents in August 2022 another escapee Haruna Sunday, has been arrested.
Nigeriacrime.com learned that Haruna Sunday was arrested in Karu Local Government Area of the state for alleged involvement in other criminal activities alongside other suspects.
Speaking on the arrest, the State Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Ramhan Nansel said the escapee Haruna Sunday was arrested in Karu Local Government Area of the state for alleged involvement in other criminal activities.
According to the Police Spokesperson, the arrest of the suspect followed complaints from some residents of the area of persistent cases of forceful snatching of telephones and invasion of homes by the suspect.
The suspect, Mr Haruna Sunday who confessed to the crime said he escaped from the Kuje Correctional Centre during the jailbreak in 2022 and fled to Kaduna state but later moved to Masaka in Karu Local Government Area of Nasarawa State.
“I escaped from the Kuje prison during the jailbreak in 2022 while awaiting in the prison. It was the telephone that I ate that brought me into the prison”.
The arrest of Mr Haruna Sunday brings the number of kuje escapees to three in Nasarawa State since the jailbreak in 2022
Seven other suspects were paraded by the police for alleged kidnapping, armed robbery and dealing in Indian hemp.
Items recovered from the suspects include 900,000 Naira cash, arms and ammunition as well as bags of dried leaves suspected to be Indian hemp.