Police rearrest inmate who fled Borno prison during flood

The Borno State Police Command has confirmed that Abubakar Mohammed, one of the convicts who fled during the collapse of the Nigerian Correctional Service facility in last week’s Maiduguri flood, has been rearrested.

Recall that the facility’s fence collapsed during the disaster, allowing about 274 inmates to slip away.

The command’s spokesperson, SP Ahmed Mohammed Wakil, in a statement on Tuesday said: “The Borno is pleased to announce the successful re-arrest of an escaped convict, Abubakar Mohammed, 27, who was serving a jail term for culpable hom+cide and had escaped from the medium-security custodian centre in Maiduguri.

On September 15, 2024, at about 1500HRS, a resident of Bulakara Ward, Gubio LGA, alerted the police after sighting Abubakar in Gubio town following his escape from the Medium Security Custodial Center, Maiduguri, due to the collapse of the fence wall caused by a flood disaster.

A swift response by a police patrol team, the escaped convict was apprehended Abubakar will be handed over to the Nigerian Correctional Service, and efforts are ongoing to locate any other convicted felons who may be in the area.”