The Nigeria Police Force today announced that it has arrested 27-year-old Abdulrazak Isah, an escapee from the Kuje Correctional Centre in June 2022.
Isah, who was convicted to life imprisonment for murder in 2013 and had spent 10 years prior to his escape from the detention facility, was arrested at Tafa LGA of Kaduna State for stealing an iPad and a computer monitor from a hotel in Sabon Wuse, Niger State.
The Force spokesman, Muyiwa Adejobi said: “The suspect thereafter sold the monitor for the sum of N5,000 and the iPad for the sum of N10,000, before his arrest.”
According to Adejobi, in different operations carried out by the Force Intelligence Bureau Intelligence Response Team (FIB-IRT), the team recovered a total of 27 firearms including 10 AK rifles, one G3 rifle, eight pump action guns, three locally made pistols, three English double-barrelled guns, 633 rounds of live ammunition of different calibres, eight expended cartridges, and one cutlass from the suspects during investigations.
“The Inspector General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba, has assured well-meaning members of the society who are stakeholders in security, of the commitment of the Nigeria Police Force to ensuring that all criminal suspects are dealt the full blow of the law upon arrest. All the suspects will be arraigned in court on completion of investigations,” said Adejobi.
