Police in Kaduna have arrested a suspected escapee of the Kuje Correctional Center who eloped following the recent jailbreak there.
Ali Shuaibu, 60, an indigene of Kano State, was apprehended by operatives at a location in Kaduna, while on transit to Kano, based on active intelligence at about 7:30pm, Sunday, 17th July.
According to the Kaduna State Police Command spokesman, DSP Muhammed Jalige, in a statement, the suspect on preliminary investigation revealed that he is one of the inmates who escaped during the recent attack on the Kuje medium security correctional center.
Jalige said the Commissioner of Police Kaduna Command, CP Yekini A. Ayoku, has directed that necessary protocols be carried out before handing the suspect over to the Nigerian Correctional Service for proper placement.
The arrest of Shuaibu, the police spokesman said, followed a surveillance mounted by the police across all inlets to Kaduna State in response to the jailbreak, as instructed by the Inspector-General of Police, Usman Alkali Baba.
