Nigerian manhunt for escaped bomb suspect

Hafiz Ringim, Nigeria's inspector general of police, has been called in to explain "within 24 hours" the escape of Kabiru Sokoto, a suspected member of the Islamist Boko Haram group, who is alleged to have been involved in a deadly Christmas Day bomb attack.
Captain Caleb Olubolade, the minister for police, said: "If he is found guilty of complicity, he himself will have to account for his mistakes.

"I have also directed that the officers involved and the personnel involved should be detained immediately."
Sokoto, who was arrested on Saturday, had been handed over to a police commissioner for further investigation.
The governors of the 36 Nigerian states have lodges in the capital, Abuja, where Sokoto was arrested.
Sokoto was being transferred to a satellite village called Abaji, near Abuja, for further investigation on Sunday, police said in a statement on Tuesday.
"In the course of undertaking this important procedure, the policemen on escorts with the suspect were attacked by the suspected sect gang members and in the process the suspect was freed," it said.
"The police view this development as a serious negligence on the part of the commissioner of police and have since queried and suspended him from duty."
The senior police officer, the identity of whom was not disclosed, and members of his team would be prosecuted if a criminal case was established against them, it also said.(Aljazeera)