Ifeanyi Dike, arrested for allegedly killing an eight years old girl, Victory Chikamso Nmezuwuba, for ritual purpose, has been re-arrested.
Dike who escaped from police custody in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, was arrested by security operatives in Jos, Plateau State on Thursday.
He has since been returned to Port Harcourt.
It would be recalled that Ifeanyi Dike was arrested for allegedly defiling and killing 8-year-old Victory Chikamso.
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The 23-year-old 200-level student of the Faculty of Science, University of Port Harcourt, Rivers State, was arrested along with some of his cohorts.
However, after some time in custody, Dike escaped from police detention with the connivance of the policeman in charge, John Bosco.
John Bosco had been arrested, tried and found to be guilty by the police authority.
He was consequently dismissed from the Nigeria Police Force.
Rivers State Commissioner of Police, Zaki Ahmed, who spoke on the escape of the suspect had given the assurance that the suspect would be re-arrested.
