A Kuje jail escapee, Salisu Buhari, has been arrested by the police in Nassarawa State.
Buhari, one of the inmates of Kuje Correctional Centre escaped from the facility during the July 2022 jail break.
The State Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), DSP Ramhan Nansel, who disclosed this in a statement on Sunday said that Buhari was arrested with his friend Zubairu Ali for allegedly snatching a motorcycle in Nasarawa Local Government Area (LGA) of the state.
Nansel said, “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 criminal venture.”
The PPRO said that the state Commissioner of Police Maiyaki Muhammed-Baba had ordered the transfer of the case to state Criminal Investigation Department, Lafia, for exhaustive investigation.
Recall that the state command had on July 9, 2022 recaptured one of the escaped inmates, Hassan Hassan, NAN) reports.