Yakubu AbdulMumuni, an escapee of the Kuje Correctional Centre, has been arrested by operatives of the Nigerian police at Ota, Ado-Odo/Ota Local Government Area of the Ogun State on Monday.
It was gathered that the 28-year-old AbdulMumuni was arrested on Monday in the state.
This development was made known by the Ogun state Police Public Relations Officer, Abimbola Oyeyemi on Wednesday.
Oyeyemi said that AbdulMumuni was arrested following information received by policemen at Sango-Ota divisional headquarters that the convict was sighted somewhere around Sango Ota.
Upon the information, the DPO of Sango-Ota division, SP Saleh Dahiru, was said to have quickly mobilised his men to the area where the convict was apprehended.
“He confessed to the police that he escaped from Kuje Correctional Center on the 5th of July 2022, when the Center was attacked by bandits.
“He stated further that he was convicted by Kogi State High Court for offence of Conspiracy and culpable homicide and sent to Kuje Correctional Centre,” Oyeyemi informed.
Oyeyemi said the Commissioner of Police, Lanre Bankole had directed the State CIID to facilitate the transfer of the convict to the correctional centre without further delay.
TheNewsGuru.com reports that the Kuje correctional center in Abuja was attacked and more than 700 inmates were freed including 68 ISWAP/Boko Haram terorists.
Meanwhile, the Islamic State’s West Africa Province (ISWAP) had since claimed responsibility for the attack.