According to a report by Newtelegraph, Umaru escaped from prison in
2018 and fled to Zamfara State, where he joined a gang of bandits who
specialised in cattle rustling and razing down communities.
After embarking on several operations, Umaru was again rearrested
after he led members of his gang to rob a filling station in Asaba,
Delta State and an AK-47 rifle was recovered from him. A police source
said: “Umaru was first arrested in 2014 when policemen on patrol
accosted him after he took some cows for grazing. The policemen searched
and found a gun on him.
He was taken to court, where he was charged for illegal possession of
firearm. He was sentenced to five years in prison, but later escaped
and fled to his home town and later joined a cattle rustling syndicate.
This gang has killed several people in Zamfara State. The gang was
headed by Buhari Daji, who is now late. Umaru took part in several
robberies, cattle rustling and kidnapping activities in Zamfara State
before returning to Asaba Delta State with an AK-47 rifle which he
started using to terrorise residents and business owners in Asaba Delta
State.”
After his arrest, Umaru said: “I escaped on one of the days I was
taken out of the prison to cut grasses outside prison premises. I wasn’t
wearing my prison vest, so I seized the opportunity to escape.”
