228 inmates escape from Kogi Prison

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228 inmates escape from Kogi Prison






There's been a jail break in Kogi after a flood occassioned by a heavy downpour led to the collapse of Koton Karfe custodial centre. 
 
Comptroller General of the Nigeria Correctional Service, Jaafaru Ahmed who confirmed this said the flood witnessed at about 3am on Monday October 28, destroyed parts of the perimeter fencing of the facility leading to the escape of all the 228 inmates. He said the incident occurred due to natural disaster.
 
Ahmed further disclosed that over 100 of the inmates have been rearrested and evacuated to safer facility after a combined team of security agencies were deployed to the area. 

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Kogi Prison Escape: 25 inmates Recaptured, 97 Still Missing

The Nigerian Correctional Service has said 25 of the 122 inmates who escaped from the Medium Security Custodial Centre, Koton Karfe, Kogi State, after a section of the centre was overrun by flood following a downpour in the town on Monday have been recaptured.

However, the NCS said 97 of them were still missing.

Meanwhile, the Federal Government has ordered the armed forces, police and Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps to recapture the fleeing inmates.

The NCS Controller- General, Ja’afaru Ahmed, who visited the centre for an on-the-spot assessment on Tuesday, said 122 of the 227 inmates took advantage of the situation to escape, but 25 had been rearrested.

According to a statement by the NCS, the CG appealed to the public to provide “useful intelligence that will facilitate swift recapture of the fleeing inmates”.

Ahmed said, “As a result of the flooding of Koton Karfe and its environs, the inmates of the Medium Security Custodial Centre, including those so far recaptured, have been evacuated and no life was lost in the incident".

Source:
https://punchng.com/25-fleeing-kogi-prison-inmates-recaptured-97-missing/amp/