The Niger State Police Command along with other security agencies, have begun searching for the 109 fleeing inmates from the Medium Security Correctional Centre in the Suleja area of the state.CONTINUE FULL READING>>>>
The spokesperson of the command, Abiodun Wasiu revealed the development to THE WHISTLER on Thursday following the rainstorm that forced the inmates to flee the facility.
“In view of the inmates’ escape from the Suleja correctional centre, the police and other security agencies have commenced efforts and mobilised to re-arrest the escaped inmates,” he said.
The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) confirmed that a total of 119 inmates had fled the dilapidated facility, sandwiched by residential buildings.
The rainstorm, according to the NCoS destroyed the perimeter fence of the facility established since the amalgamation of the country in 1914.
Reacting to the incident, the Spokesperson of the NCoS, Federal Capital Territory Command, Adamu Duza said the command was collaborating with other security agencies to recapture the remaining fleeing inmates.
Duza said, “Our intelligence officers, armed squadron officers, in collaboration with the Nigeria police force, DSS, and other security agencies are combing neighbouring communities to find the fleeing inmates.
“Very soon, we shall publish the names and pictures of the fleeing inmates.”
Recall that over 800 inmates were freed
after suspected terrorists invaded the Kuje Medium Security Correctional Facility in Abuja, on July 5, 2022. To date, there has been no authoritative data on recaptured inmates and those at large.CONTINUE FULL READING>>>>
