Suspected Boko Haram escapee hospitalised

Posted by admin Boko Haram, Headlines Saturday, November 10th, 2012

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.

-Punch

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