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Police arrest Kuje prison escapee in Kaduna

The Kaduna State Police Command has arrested an inmate suspected to have escaped from Kuje prison which was attacked by gunmen recently.

The suspect, one Ali Shuaibu, 60, and an indigene of Kano State was apprehended by the Police Operatives at a location in Kaduna, while on transit to Kano based on active intelligence on Sunday.

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“The suspect on preliminary investigation revealed that he is part of the inmates who escaped during the recent attack on the Kuje medium security correctional center,” the Kaduna police spokesman DSP Muhammed Jalige said in a statement on Monday.

The Commissioner of Police Kaduna Command CP Yekini A. Ayoku directed that necessary protocols be carried out before handing the suspect over to the Nigerian Correctional Service for proper placement.

He further tasked Officers not to relent in their effort to effectively tackle all forms of crimes and criminality in all critical areas of the State.

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