Police commissioner Zakari Biu was suspended from the force yesterday after an operation he led to investigate arrested Boko Haram suspect Kabiru Sokoto ended in the escape of the suspect at Abaji, Abuja, on Sunday.
Kabiru Sokoto was captured at the Borno Governor’s Lodge in Abuja on Saturday by a team of police from the Zone 7 command, but he was rescued by a gang of youths at Abaji while he was being conveyed to a location there.
Biu, who is police commissioner in charge of investigation at the command, was said to have led the operation.
A statement in Abuja yesterday by the Police Force Headquarters announced the escape of the suspect and the subsequent suspension of a police commissioner but did not name the officer affected.
“The Nigeria Police Force wishes to confirm that a suspect was arrested in a successful Police operation and was rescued from a team of Policemen detailed to carry out further investigation in the matter,” force public relations officer DCP Olusola Amore said in a statement.
“The suspect was handed over to a Commissioner of Police for further investigation and he consequently detailed his men to take the suspect to Abaji in furtherance of investigation.
“In the course of undertaking this important procedure, the Policemen on escorts with the suspect were attacked by the suspected sect gang members and in the process the suspect freed.
“The Police view this development as a serious negligence on the part of the Commissioner of Police and have since been queried and suspended him from duty.
“If a criminal case is established against him and his team, they will be prosecuted.”
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