The Nasarawa State Police Command has arrested Salisu Buhari, one of the inmates of Kuje Correctional Centre who escaped from the facility during the July 2022 jailbreak.
The Police Public Relations Officer,Ramhan Namsel made this known in a statement on Sunday in Lafia.
According to the statement, Buhari was arrested with his friend, Zubairu Ali, for allegedly snatching a motorcycle in the Nasarawa Local Government Area (LGA).
“On April 6, at about 10:00 p.m., police operatives attached to Nassarawa Division arrested the fugitive and one other for motorcycle theft.
“Preliminary investigation revealed that the suspects are responsible for most motorcycle snatching and theft in Nasarawa LGA and its environs.
“Upon interrogation, Salisu Buhari confessed to have escaped from Kuje Correctional Centre when the facility was attacked last year.
“The escapee said he linked up with his crony after escaping from the facility and went into a criminal venture,” the spokesperson for the police added.
Nansel said that the state Commissioner of Police, Maiyaki Muhammed-Baba, had ordered the transfer of the case to the state Criminal Investigation Department, Lafia, for an exhaustive investigation.
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