Nasarawa State Police Command wednesady paraded another escapee from Kuje Correctional Centre in the Federal Capital Territory Abuja following attack on the facility by insurgents in August 2022.
The State Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Ramhan Nansel who disclosed this in Lafia, the state capital while briefing journalists, said the escapee Haruna Sunday was arrested in Karu Local Government Area of the state for alleged involvement in another 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 telephone and invasion on 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 jail break 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 escapee to three in Nasarawa State since the jail break in 2022
Seven other suspects were paraded by the police for alleged kidnapping, armed robbery and dealets 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.
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