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SULEJA PRISON BREAK: 106 escaped inmates still on the loose
More than 119 prisoners had escaped after the institution was partially devastated by hours of intense rain on Wednesday night.
Three more of the 106 prisoners who escaped the Nigeria Correctional Service’s (NCoS) correctional facility in Suleja, Niger State, on Wednesday have been apprehended, according to the NCoS.
There are currently 106 people at large, according to Assistant Controller Abubakar Umar, a spokesman for the Service, who talked with Sunday Vanguard.
He denied rumours from the internet citing anonymous security officers claiming to have recaptured fifty prisoners.
“Aside from the 10 earlier recaptured, three more have been recaptured. So, we are on the chase of 106”, said Umar.
Additionally, he disregarded a news broadcast that claimed over 8,000 thousand prisoners were escaping the nation.
More than 119 prisoners had escaped after the institution was partially devastated by hours of intense rain on Wednesday night.
Minister of Interior, Dr Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, who visited the facility said there was a need to relocate the correctional centre from the urban centre.
According to him, the centre which was built to accommodate 250 inmates, had 499 before the incident.
He said; ”Obviously, it was a force majeure. There was a storm and there was a breach of the outer wall of this facility and some of the inmates escaped. Of course, we have been able to retrieve about 10 out of the 119. So we have 109 at large and the manhunt is presently ongoing. We will do everything possible to make sure that everyone is brought back”.
The Service later said it would publish the identities of the escapees.
