WHY BOKO HARAM COMMANDER ESCAPED — POLICE

THE drama over the escape of a top Boko Haram commander,
Mohammed Sani, from police custody continued at the weekend with the police
authorities admitting that the wanted Boko Haram man actually escaped in
November 2012.

The police had denied that Sani,
described as a major commander of the dreaded Islamic sect, escaped last year,
but the force came up later to declare that it was setting up investigators to
check out the manner of his escape.

It was, however, confirmed at the
weekend that a police document sent to the Deputy Inspector General of Police
(DIG) B Department by the leading investigator of the escape, Superintendent
Saidu Sani, confirmed that Mohammed Sani, said to be connected to a number of
bombings in Abuja and Niger State, actually escaped from police custody on 10
November, 2012.

The investigation report confirmed
that Mohammed Sani escaped police custody because of the failure of some men on
duty to checkmate his disappearance.

Commander of the Police Special
Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), Saidu Sani, who reported the escape from police
custody, said that his men who were on Mohammed Sani failed to monitor the man
closely.

He said having placed Mohammed under
scrutiny, his men failed to strictly follow the measures he put in place to
stop the escape.

He, however, said that he needed time
to look for the man and that he would re-arrest him within 14 days.