The state Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, DSP Wasiu Abiodun said in a press release that the suspect was rearrested on Monday primarily based on a tip-off.

In response to him, the arrest is a part of the command’s continued effort to recapture escaped inmates from the Kuje Custodial Middle in the course of the jailbreak.

He mentioned the 42-year-old Ijamu was arrested by police operatives hooked up to the Counter Terrorist Unit (CTU) of the Command.

He defined that the suspect hails from Apa Native Authorities Space of Benue State however resides alongside Mandela highway, Minna, the capital of Niger State.

“The inmate was arrested in his residence in Minna and through interrogation; he confessed that he escaped from the custodial facility in the course of the assault together with different inmates whereas he escaped additional to Lapai space the place he stayed in a Mosque for about two weeks earlier than he arrived Minna on 28/07/2022.

“The suspect claimed that he was arrested in Abuja since 2020 for the offence of prison conspiracy, armed theft and receiving stolen property and he was remanded within the facility for the above talked about offence he dedicated,” Abiodun revealed.

The assertion additional said that the state Commissioner of Police, CP Monday Bala Kuryas has directed the speedy switch of the inmate to the custodial centre for additional needed motion.

The command then urged members of the general public to be extra vigilant of their varied localities and keep away from habouring strangers roaming about inside their surroundings as prison intentions is probably not rapidly identified with the intention to stop any ugly incident.