No fewer than 118 Inmates escaped from Medium Security Custodial Centre in Suleja, Niger State as a result of heavy downpour that caused damage to the facility structure, pathing way for the prisoners to escape.
This was disclosed in a statement signed by the spokesperson, Federal Capital Territory Command of the Nigerian Correctional Service, Adamu Duza, on Thursday.
Duza noted that the downpour caused severe damage to the custodial centre’s infrastructure, including a breach in the perimeter fence, which allowed the inmates to flee.
In response, the NCoS swiftly activated its recapturing protocols, collaborating with other security agencies to recover 10 of the escaped inmates.
Efforts to recapture the remaining fleeing inmates are said to be ongoing.
