Two hundred and twenty-eight inmates have reportedly escaped
from a medium federal correctional centre in Koton Karfe in Kogi State after
some parts of it collapsed because of heavy flooding.
NAN quoted the Comptroller-General
of the Nigeria Correctional Service (NCS), Jafar Ahmed, as saying this while
speaking with journalists in Koton Karfe on Monday.
Ahmed said the walls of two cells and a perimeter fencing
came down after a flood hit the facility about 3:00 am.
The comptroller-general said the centre is no longer habitable
because of the incident, adding that some re-arrested inmates have been
transferred to other facilities in the state.
Ahmed said details of the incident will be made public soon.
Jerry Omadara, security adviser of the state Governor, Yahaya
Bello, said they were informed of the
development about 4:00am.
Omadara said Bello directed the head of security agencies in
the state to deploy their operatives to the scene.
The security adviser said security agents were still combing
the bush in an effort to re-arrest some of the fleeing inmates, adding that the
flood was not making it easy for them to escape.
While commending the security agencies for their prompt
intervention, he said nobody died in the incident.
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