Abdulrazak who was convicted of life imprisonment for the murder in 2013 and had spent 10 years before his escape from the detention facility in June, sold the monitor he stole for the sum of N5,000 and the iPad for the sum of N10,000 before he was arrested.
The Nigeria Police Force has arrested one of the escapees of Kuje Prison, Abdulrazak Isah, aged 27, an indigene of Ondo State for stealing an iPad and a computer monitor from a hotel in Sabon Wuse, Niger State.
Abdulrazak who was convicted of life imprisonment for the murder in 2013 and had spent 10 years before his escape from the detention facility in June, sold the monitor he stole for the sum of N5,000 and the iPad for the sum of N10,000 before he was arrested.
This was stated in a statement released by CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, Public Relations Officer, Force Headquarters on Wednesday.
Olumuyiwa added that the police also arrested 11 suspects who confessed to being members of an unlawful society, specifically the Black Axe Confraternity.
The statement reads in part, "An escapee from the Kuje Correctional Centre in June 2022, one Abdulrazak Isah, aged 27, from Ondo State, who was convicted to life imprisonment for the 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 suspect thereafter sold the monitor for the sum of N5,000 and the iPad for the sum of N10,000, before his arrest.”
It added, "Similarly, 11 suspects who confessed to being members of an unlawful society, specifically the Black Axe Confraternity (aka Aiye) were arrested in Ekpoma, Edo State, following reports on their nefarious activities within the area. The suspects – 22 years Okosun Pascal, 24 years Michael Ehineboh, 22 years Aneto Israel, 23 years Destiny Uhomogiwan, 20 years Bello Sunday, 27 years Eramoh Akhere, 22 years Osagie Adamson, 24 years Okoruwa Christian, Edoghogho Wellington (all 9 from Esan LGA of Edo State), 20 years old Momoh Kingsley from Estako West LGA of Edo State, and 24 years old Chukwu Chukwuemeka from Nkanu West LGA of Enugu State, are all university undergraduates.
“Exhibits recovered from the suspects are 2 AK 47 Rifles, 3 pump action guns, 1 locally made pistol, 2 AK47 Magazines, 22 live rounds of 7.62mm ammunition, 17 rounds of 5.56mm K2 Ammunition, and 3 live cartridges.
"Operatives of the FIB-IRT equally apprehended the trio of Murtala Ibrahim aged 37, Suleiman Rabiu aged 28, and Surajo Sani (aka Mandula) aged 39, for kidnapping and providing information to other notorious kidnap gangs on likely victims of their crime. The suspects who operate within Yankwani and Kurami Towns in Bakori LGA of Katsina State carried out the kidnap of a man, his wife and two children from whom they obtained a ransom of 30 million Naira.
"The FIB-IRT recovered a total of 27 firearms including 10 AK rifles, 1 G3 rifle, 8 pump action guns, 3 locally made pistols, 3 English double-barrelled guns, 633 rounds of live ammunition of different calibres, 8 expended cartridges, and one cutlass from the suspects in the course of investigations.
"The Inspector General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba, psc (+), NPM, fdc, 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."