A Boko Haram commander alleged to have escaped from detention is said to
be receiving medical attention at an undisclosed location, sources told our
correspondent in Abuja on Friday.
The
suspect, whose real name is Mohammed Kachalla, was said to have fallen ill some
weeks ago before he sought medical care.
Kachalla,
Ibrahim Umar and Aliu Umar, an Air Force officer, were arrested alongside Kabir
Sokoto in January 2012 at the Borno State Governor’s Lodge in Abuja.
However,
Sokoto, the alleged mastermind of the Christmas Day bombing of Saint Theresa
Catholic Church, Madalla, Niger State, escaped from police custody at Abaji, a
satellite town of the Federal Capital Territory.
Kachalla
and Umar were still in police custody while Aliu Umar had been handed over to
the Air Force authorities for investigation.
Sokoto
was rearrested at Mutum Biu in Taraba State by the State Security Service in
February.
Sources
told Saturday PUNCH that the police authorities were rattled by a television
report that a terror suspect had escaped, and they quickly ordered a head count
of all terror suspects in police custody.
“The
police authorities quickly directed that a roll call of terror suspects be
carried out, having suffered serious embarrassment over the escape of Sokoto
from police custody early this year.
“They
have also ordered an investigation into the source of the report about the
purported escape,” the source stated.
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