A 22-year-old herder, Ibrahim Umaru, has been rearrested by the police after he allegedly escaped from prison custody where he was serving a five-year jail term for unlawful possession of firearms. Umaru, who reportedly joined a robbery gang after his escape, was apprehended recently in Asaba, Delta State by operatives of the Inspector-General of Police Intelligence Response Team. It was learnt that Umaru was caught with an AK-47 by a police patrol team sometime in 2014 when he led his cows to graze on a bush along Ogwashi-Uku Road, Delta. He was said to have been charged to court with illegal possession of firearm – an offence to which he allegedly pleaded guilty. It was gathered that the father of two was sentenced to five years’ imprisonment and was kept at the Ogwashi-Uku Prison. It was learnt that in 2018, warders led Umaru and some prisoners to clean the prison surroundings when he escaped. He reportedly joined a robbery gang some months later and participated in an att...