Kuje Prison Break: Police apprehend another escapee in Katsina

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The Katsina Police Command on Friday announced the arrest by its men of one of the Kuje escapees.

The police said the 33-year-old escapee, Kamal Abubakar, was re-arrested on Thursday evening in Danmusa Local Government Area of Katsina state during a raid on suspected criminal hideouts in the council.

Some quantities of dried leaves suspected to be Indian hemp were also reportedly recovered on him during a police search.

The spokesman for the Katsina police command, SP Gambo Isah, revealed this during a press briefing at the command’s headquarters, Katsina.

He said, “On 14, July 2022 at about 6 pm, based on credible information, DPO Danmusa, and team carried out raids at suspected criminal hideouts in Danmusa LGA and succeeded in arresting one Kamala Lawal Abubakar, aged 33yrs of Unguwar Sale Quarters, Danmusa LGA, a suspected fugitive from Kuje prison, Abuja.

“In the course of investigation, the suspect confessed to have escaped from Kuje Prison, Abuja, during the recent Kuje jailbreak. Some quantity of dried leaves suspected to be Indian hemp was also recovered in his possession during a police search. The suspect will be handed over to Nigerian Correctional Service, for further necessary action.”

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