Crime

Police capture Kuje Prison getaway in Kano

The Kano state police command, on Friday, October 7, confirmed that it had arrested one Abubakar Mohammed Sadiq believed to be a suspected escapee from Kuje prison break in the state, The Punch reported.

In a statement made available on Friday by the spokesman of the police command, SP Abdullahi Kiyawa, said the suspect was arrested at Rangaza Quarters, Ungogo Local Government Area of Kano state.

Kiyawa noted that the 25-year-old Sadiq, of Badarawa Quarters, Kaduna North Local Government in Kaduna state, was arrested on September 23 at about 6:00 pm, based on credible information, coupled with sustained intelligence gathering.

According to the statement, Sadiq was nabbed by a team of Operation Restore Peace, attached to the Command’s Criminal Investigation Department (CCID), Daily Trust added.

Meanwhile, the state commissioner of Police, Abubakar Lawan, directed that the suspected escapee be handed over to the Nigeria Correctional Service, Kano State Command.
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