The Department of State Security (DSS) and the Kano
Correctional Centre have rearrested Mercy Paul who had escaped after he was
arrested for alleged kidnapping of several children and selling them in Anambra
State in 2019.
After her arrest, Mercy Paul, was said to have
escaped from a hospital where she was taken for treatment after falling ill at
the Correctional Center she was being detained on 31th January 2020.
The Controller of the Kano Correctional Centre,
Ahmad Abdullahi Magaji, told journalists that "on January 31, 2020, at
about 12.05p.m., I was informed that Mercy had escaped from the officers who
took her to Murtala Muhammad Hospital for medication.
"On hearing of the news of Mercy's escape, I
quickly went to the scene where I
conducted investigation and found that the culprit was bleeding and requested
to go to toilet where She maneuvered her way and escaped.
"Immediately after realising such unfortunate
incidence we organised a stop and search by cordoning all the entrances to Kano
in collaboration with the DSS."
He said the DSS helped them to track her down on February
17, 2020, hiding at a particular place and she was still taken back to hospital
by the DSS where she was given the necessary medical attention to helped her
recovered.
"The security agents took her to hospital
where she had blood transfusion because she was suffering from serious illness
and she was given other treatments which helped her regain consciousness"
he noted.
The Controller who commended governor Ganduje for
ensuring synergy between Security officials in Kano, also thumb up the DSS and
other security agencies for helping them to track down the fleeing kidnapping
suspect.
He said: "If somebody escaped from their custody
they would investigate and if it is negligence from the part of their officers
it is outright dismissal and if it is negligence, gross misconduct, aiding and
abetting, conspiracy, then one would be dismissed and also face the wrath of
the law".
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