A top Boko Haram commander, Sani Mohammed has
reportedly escaped from police custody in Abuja on Thursday.
The suspect who was arrested with another Boko
Haram operative, Kabir Sokoto in January, 2012, allegedly escaped from the cell
where he was kept with other terror suspects.
Though, the Force Headquarters claimed that no
terror suspect escaped, security sources confirmed that Mohammed absconded from
custody.
The details of his escape was however sketchy as
at the time of filing this report.
A similar incident happened early this year when
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 in the Federal Capital Territory.
Arrested at the Borno State Governor’s Lodge,
Abuja, Sokoto was said to have escaped while being taken for a search of his
apartment 24 hours later.
But Deputy Force Public Relations Officer, Frank
Mba, said no terror suspect escaped from its custody, adding that a check of
its records showed no such name as Mohammed on its list of detainees.
He said, “The police authority hereby informs the
public that the information being circulated by TV Station is totally untrue
and should be disregarded in its entirety.”
The Punch
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