NCoS recaptures fleeing Katsina inmate
The Nigerian Correctional Service NCoS said it has recaptured one of two awaiting trial inmates who had on 17th October escaped from its Medium Security Custodial Centre, Katsina (Old).
Public Relations Officer of the Katsina State Command, ASC Najibullah Idris disclosed this in a statement on Thursday.
He said; “Following the recent escape of two Awaiting Trial inmates from the Medium Security Custodial Centre, Katsina (Old) on 17 October, 2023, a search party was constituted in collaboration with sister security agencies. Consequently, the principal suspect among the duo, Abba Kala, has been recaptured.
“The Nigerian Correctional Service Katsina state command is tracking the remaining fleeing inmate using the Service’s e-tracking system as well as collaboration with sister security agencies, and will soon take him into custody.
“The Controller General of Corrections, Haliru Nababa FICMC, MFR, mni, appreciates sister security agencies for a functional synergy that led to the recapturing, and assures the public that there is no cause for alarm as the situation is under control”.
In another story, the operatives of Plateau State Police Command have arrested a 17-year-old student in Plateau State, Elijah Anthony, for allegedly killing his neighbour’s five-year-old child after collecting N400,000 ransom from the victim’s parents.
The suspect, who is a Senior Secondary student of Manret High School in Angul D community, Jos South Local Government Area of the State, was among 39 other suspects paraded for various offences at the Police Command’s headquarters in Jos on Thursday.
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According to reports, Anthony confessed to killing the five-year-old neighbour identified as Dawom Pam.
He said, “They sent his (victim’s) elder brother to buy something and the little boy was behind him. So, I and my friend carried the boy and hid him somewhere in an uncompleted building.
“Later, the parents of the boy came looking for him and I also pretended and joined them in the search for their missing child but I did not take them to where the boy was hidden.
“Later we demanded N5 million, but we were able to get N400,000. But five days later, the boy was killed. I was the one that killed him because I fear he might tell his parents that I was the one that kidnapped him if we had released him.”
The suspect, who expressed regrets over the incident, blamed his action on the hardship going on in the country.
He said, “I was in my house when the police came and arrested me. It is the hardship that drove me into kidnapping and killing. I was supposed to write WAEC this year but I didn’t. Please, forgive me.”
The State Commissioner of Police, Okoro Julius Alawari, who paraded Anthony and 39 other suspects, disclosed that the corpse of the five-year-old child had been recovered from a swampy place near the uncompleted building where he was dumped by the suspects and handed over to his parents for burial.
According to him, all 39 suspects will be prosecuted when investigations were concluded.
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