Kabiru Saidu aka Osama, 31, and Nuhu Salisu aka Small, 25, allegedly confessed to having received a bag containing one AK-47 rifle, two pump action and N430,000 from the senator, allegations the senator denied calling it “orchestrated lies”.
Further development in the case included news of the escape of the suspects from police custody, which led the IGP, Ibrahim Idris, to remove the state police commissioner and also deploy personnel from the special unit of the Force to investigate their escape.
Following the rearrest of the escape suspects, the police have announced that the suspects and Senator Melaye would be arraigned in court on 10th May 2018 for prosecution after completion of the investigation.
Explaining how the suspects were rearrested, the police spokesman, ACP Jimoh Moshood, in a statement yesterday, said the principal suspects, Kabiru Saidu (a.k.a Osama) was rearrested in Bauchi State and Nuhu Salisu (a.k.a Small) was rearrested in Ganaja Village, Lokoja.
Other suspects, who also escaped and others who facilitated their escape have also been arrested by personnel of the police, who were deployed to the state, the Moshood said.
