The Nigeria Police have arrested six persons for allegedly aiding the escape of six suspects from police custody in Division ‘A’ Lokoja, Kogi State last week.
The force, in a statement reeleased on Tuesday in Abuja by its spokesman, Jimoh Moshood said the six suspects played criminal roles in the escape of Kabiru Seidu (a.k.a. Osama), Nuhu Salisu (a.k.a. Small), Aliyu Isa, Adams Suleiman, Emmanuel Audu and Musa Mohammed.
Those arrested are John Beneche, 22, Seye Atowoju, 27, Danjuma Yunusa, 35, Egga Ochai, 50, Abbas Haruna, 30, and Gloria Audu, 28, sister to Emmanuel, one of the re-arrested prime suspects in the Senator Dino Melaye’s arms case.
The police said the six principal suspects and the accomplices who aided their escape were re-arrested in different locations and had been transferred to a detention centre in Abuja last Saturday.
Beneche was said to have took four of the fugitives to a hideout at Ganaja village, Lokoja, adding that Atowoju was arrested in the process of relocating Seidu, Salisu, Mohammed and Audu to another location to escape police re-arrest.
The police said the six principal suspects and the accomplices that aided their escape were re-arrested in different locations and had been transferred to a detention centre in Abuja last Saturday.
“All suspects will be arraigned in court for prosecution on completion of investigation,” the police stated.
Seidu and Salisu had alleged that Melaye, a senator representing Kogi West, gave them guns and some money to disrupt the 2019 general elections.
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