Five of the Thirteen prisoners escapees at
Koton Karfe prison in Kogi in the early hours of Saturday have now been caught,
Kogi Police PRO stated today. This has corroborated by the Ministry of
Interior.
The jailbreak incident at the prison happened
at about 7a.m. when the inmates forcefully brought down the wall of the prison,
before extra security measures could be deployed.
The all male prison facility which was
inaugurated in 2014 has the capacity to accommodate 180 inmates.
However, it is currently accommodating 263
inmates as at the time of the jailbreak, Saturday.
One of the escaped inmates was re-arrested
almost immediately by security agents, according to NAN.
This was the third jailbreak recorded in
Koton Karfe as the old prison facility witnessed similar jailbreaks in 2010 and
2013.
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