A murder suspect, Miracle Ajogu, who fled from the police custody when gunmen on the early hours of Monday attacked the Imo Police Command headquarters has been rearrested.
According to The PUNCH, a source confirmed that the murder suspect was rearrested and disclosed that he would be charged to court in no distant time.
It was gathered that the presence of the suspect in his town in Nkwerre in the Nkwerre Local Government Area of the state caused panic among the villagers.
The source said “The police have rearrested one Miracle Ajogu of Onusa Nkwerre in Nkwerre LGA of Imo State. He murdered his father and was subsequently arrested. The case was transferred to the command’s headquarters in Owerri by the Division.
“He was among the suspects that escaped from the state Criminal Investigation Department in Owerri on Monday when the hoodlums attacked the headquarters of the police in Imo State.
“The suspect has been rearrested in his village where he fled to. The operatives of the Nkwerre Divisional Police Headquarters rearrested him and he is cooperating.”
The Imo State police spokesperson, Orlando Ikeokwu, who confirmed the re-arrest of the fleeing murder suspect disclosed that the command was working with other security agencies in the state to ensure that all the escapees were rearrested and prosecuted, accordingly.