One hundred and fourteen out of 240 inmates who escaped from the Kabba Medium Security Custodial Centre, Kogi State have been recaptured.
Heavily armed gunmen stormed the facility late on Sunday, freeing about 240 inmates.
“Following the attack on the Medium Security Custodial Centre, Kabba in Kogi State on 12th September, 2021 and the swift intervention of the Controller General of Corrections, Haliru Nababa mni, a total of 114 escapees have been recaptured,” Spokesman of the Correctional Service, Francis Enobore said in a statement made available to journalists.
Enobore added: “The CG who personally led a team to the Custodial Centre for on-the-spot assessment, directed an immediate Search Party Response Team to go after the escapees even as Security has been beefed up through the deployment of additional Armed Squad personnel to fortify the facility”.
Gunmen believed to be members of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) on April 5, raided the Owerri police headquarters, in Imo State, freeing more than 1,800 inmates.