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From Godwin Tsa, Abuja
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, said its operatives have arrested one of the wanted terror suspects who escaped from the Medium Security Correctional Centre, Kuje, following an attack on the facility by insurgents last week in Abuja.
The fleeing terror suspect, Suleiman Sidi, according to the agency, was arrested in the early hours of Monday July11 at Area 1 motorpark, in the Federal Capital Territory while attempting to board a commercial vehicle to Maiduguri, Borno state. When he was searched, three wraps of cannabis sativa were found on him.
A statement by the Director of Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi said “during preliminary interview, the wanted terror suspect confimed he was remanded at the Kuje Correctional Centre for terrorism and robbery charges, adding that he was indeed one of the inmates who escaped from the facility last Tuesday.
While commending the officers and men of the FCT Command of the Agency for the arrest and their vigilance, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (Retd) has directed that the wanted suspect should be immediately handed over to the Nigerian Correctional Service, NCoS.
