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Nigerian Correctional Service officials carrying inmates to court in Abuja. Photo: Sodiq Adelakun/Channels TVOne hundred and nineteen inmates have escaped from the Medium Security Custodial Centre, Suleja, in Niger State after a rainstorm wreaked havoc on a part of the facility late Wednesday.
“The Service has immediately activated its recapturing mechanisms, and in conjunction with sister security agencies have so far recaptured 10 fleeing inmates and taken them into custody, while we are in hot chase to recapture the rest,” he said. A resident of Suleja town Babangida Turaki had told Channels Television that the rains pulled down a part of the fence undergoing repairs.He said a combined security reinforcement returned some of the escaping prisoners. According to him, the team has been sent to strategic outlets and black spots of Suleja town to arrest the fleeing inmates.
The development comes as the Federal Government ramps up efforts to decongest the country’s correctional centres. In November, it said there are plans to free 4, 068 inmates nationwide.
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