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.
The Punch
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