Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have arrested one of the wanted terror suspects who escaped from the Medium Security Correctional Centre, Kuje, following an attack on the facility by insurgents last week in Abuja. Director of Media and Advocacy Femi Babafemi disclosed this in a statement in Abuja.
Babafemi said the fleeing terror suspect, Suleiman Sidi, was arrested in the early hours of Monday, 11th July, at Area 1 motor park, in the Federal Capital Territory, while attempting to board a commercial vehicle to Maiduguri, Borno State.
Three wraps of cannabis sativa were found on him when he was searched.
During the preliminary interview, he explained that the wanted terror suspect confirmed he was remanded at the Kuje Correctional Centre for terrorism and robbery charges, adding that he was indeed one of the inmates who escaped from the facility last Tuesday.
He said while commending the officers and men of the FCT Command of the Agency for the arrest and their vigilance, Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (Retd) has directed that the wanted suspect should be immediately handed over to the Nigerian Correctional Service, NCoS.
REPORTERS AT LARGE had earlier reported that one of the terrorists who escaped from the Kuje Correctional Centre during the Boko Haram invasion, Hassan Hassan, has been recaptured in Nasarawa State.
Checks by REPORTERS AT LARGE showed that Hassan is number 12 on the list of terrorism suspects released by the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) on Friday.
