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Police In Nasarawa Arrest Fleeing Kuje Prison Inmate

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2 years ago

July 9, 2022

The Nasarawa State Police Command on Saturday disclosed that it had arrested one Mr. Hassan Hassan, who was one of the Boko Haram/Terrorism suspects declared wanted following the attack on Kuje Correctional Centre, Abuja. He was reportedly nabbed in the Keffi Local Government Area of the state.

GreenWhiteGreen GWG reports that all of the Boko Haram suspects held in the custody of the facility escaped during the attack on the centre.

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The Police Public Relations Officer in Nasarawa, DSP Ramhan Nansel, made the disclosure of the re-arrest of the Boko Haram suspect in a press statement made available to newsmen in Lafia on Saturday.

DSP Ramhan Nansel said, “The fleeing Boko Haram suspect was recaptured by the eagle-eyed police operatives of the command in Keffi LGA of the state.

“The Commissioner of Police, CP Adesina Soyemi, has ordered for the transfer of the suspect to a safer location while intensive search for other escapees and handing over process of the arrested inmate progresses.

“CP Soyemi appreciates the efforts of the command’s police operatives for a job well done and assures members of the public of the command’s unrelenting efforts at making the public space safer for all.”

Here’s a picture of the captured inmate;