Jailbreaks: NCS to publish names, pictures escaped inmates

The Nigerian Correctional Service has said it will publish the names and pictures of over 1,500 inmates who escaped from the correctional centres in Benin and Oko, Edo State, as well as Okitipupa, Ondo State, on Monday and Thursday, respectively.

The NCoS spokesman, DCC, Austin Njoku, said the service was equally mobilising various security and intelligence resources to recapture the fleeing inmates.

While 1,993 inmates broke out of the two custodial centres in Edo State, 58 reportedly escaped from the Ondo correctional facility.

The inmates who included convicts serving time for various crimes and condemned persons on death row were released by suspected hoodlums who took advantage of the #EndSARS protests.

The Edo State custodial centres had come under attack from the suspected hoodlums who freed the inmates and also looted the armoury of a nearby police station carting away five rifles.

The police said 12 suspects were arrested in connection with the incident while the stolen rifles had been recovered.

A similar attack targeted at the Ikoyi correctional on Thursday failed as security operatives quickly mobilised to the facility and foiled the attempted jailbreak.

Giving an update on the incidents on Friday, Njoku urged Nigerians to provide information on the fugitives who he described as dangerous elements.

He stated, “We are mobilising the people and the press for information because to inject the number of such people into the society is a problem. Imagine over 1,000 criminals injected into society?

“We are mobilising the intelligence agencies, the police and the DSS (Department of State Services). We are publishing their names and pictures very soon.”

Njoku added that he did not have the number of inmates already rearrested.

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