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Nigeria: Police Restores Normalcy in Bauchi, Re-Arrest 35 Inmates

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Original Post Date: 2010-09-09 Time: 17:00:05  Posted By: News Poster

By Chizoba Ogbeche

Abuja – The Nigeria Police Force has said that normalcy has been restored to Bauchi State following the recent prison break by suspected members of the Boko Haram sect who set free 721 inmates, including 105 of their members remanded in the Bauchi prison.

Addressing a press conference at the Force Headquarters, yesterday in Abuja, the former Inspector General of Police, Mr. Ogbonna Onovo, said the police had mobilised quick response to the crisis to forestall further breakdown of law and order.

Police response resulted in the re-arresting of 35 inmates. Some inmates also returned to the prison of their own volition after the incident which saw the death of no fewer than four persons, including one soldier, one policeman and two civilians, while four other persons were injured.

The former police boss who was represented by the Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG), Dr John Hamzat, further stated that the Commissioners of Police in Gombe, Yobe, Borno, Jigawa, Plateau and Kano states had been placed on red alert so that the fleeing inmates could be re-arrested, and so prevent any similar incidence in their commands.

It would be recalled that on September 7, 2010 during the Muslim evening prayers (Magrib prayers), a group of about 200 suspected fanatics of the Boko Haram sect, armed themselves with General Purpose Machine Guns(GMPGs) and locally made bombs, attacked Bauchi Federal Prisons and, during the attack, the administrative block, the armoury and a van were set ablaze. The fire was later put out by the combined efforts of Fire Service and the Police.

171 empty shells and live ammunition were said to have been recovered at the scene. Also recovered were two provocative handbills.

Original date published: 8 September 2010

Source: http://allafrica.com/stories/201009090752.html?viewall=1