Niger State Police Command has said that police operatives attached to ‘A’ Division Suleja have arrested 54-year-old Kazeem Murtala who escaped from the Kuje Correctional Centre, Abuja while on patrol in the Suleja area of the state.
Based on credible intelligence, the police operatives stormed an identified compound around the General Hospital Suleja-Bakasi Area of the town.
The command, in a press statement issued and made available to the newsmen on Monday in Minna by its Police Public Relations Officer, Mr Wasiu Abiodun, said the incident occurred on 09/07/2022 at about 8:30 pm.
The statement added further that during interrogation, the inmate allegedly confessed that he escaped from Kuje Custodial Center.
Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police, Niger State Command, Monday Bala Kuryas, directed that the inmate should be transferred to the custodial centre without any delay.
DSP Abiodun explained that the Police boss equally appreciated members of the public for giving such intelligence to the police while he urged them to sustain such efforts towards fighting crime and criminality in the state.