Kuje Prison Break: Police Arrest 23-Year-Old Escapee In Adamawa

A 23-year-old Abubakar Mohammed, one of the escapees from Kuje prison has been arrested by the Adamawa state police command.

Abubakar is one of those facing terrorism charges and was remanded in Kuje correctional facility in Abuja.

The suspect was arrested while trying to relocate to his native home of Bama local government in Borno State.

In a press release signed by the commissioner of police, Sikiru Akande, made available to Journalists in Yola, the Police boss disclosed that Abubakar Mohammed was arrested along the Adamawa/Borno State border.

CP Akande further disclosed that the arrested escapee has been in detention at the Kuje facility since 2017 over alleged involvement in terrorism.

Akande also stated that the command has also arrested 12 suspected kidnappers and armed robbers and had recovered assorted weapons from them.