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23-yr-old Kuje prison escapee terrorism charges arrested in Yola

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23-yr-old Kuje prison escapee terrorism charges arrested in Yola

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Adamawa State police command has successfully arrested 23-year-old Abubakar Mohammed, a Kuje prison escapee facing terrorism charges while trying to relocate to his native home of Bama local government in Borno State.

In a press briefing by the Adamawa state commissioner of police, Sikiru Akande, the police disclosed that Mohammed was arrested along the Adamawa/Borno State border after his escape from the prison.

CP Akande disclosed that the arrested escapee was in detention at the Kuje facility since 2017 over alleged involvement in terrorism in the northeast region.

The commissioner added that the command has also arrested 12 suspected kidnappers and armed robbers and had recovered assorted weapons from them.