Two men believed to be among hundreds of inmates who escaped when suspected Islamists attacked a prison in Bauchi State recently have been arrested in an area notorious for religious violence, Leadership gathered.
A military task force arrested them Friday after a tip-off that they were on their way to Jos, said military a spokesman, Lieutenant Colonel Kingsley Umoh.
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