228 Inmates Escape As Koton Karfe Custodial Centre Collapses Under Heavy Flooding
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OCTOBER 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Koton Karfe custodial centre in Kogi
has collapsed under heavy flooding, loading to escape of 228 inmates.
The Comptorller General of the Nigeria Correctional Service, Jafar Ahmed, who
confirmed this while speaking with newsmen in Koton Kafe on Monday said that
the flood came at about 3a.m., submeging the perimetre fence and the walls of
two cells.
He said that there were 228 inmates at the centre as at the time of the
incident.
Ahmed said that the prison was not habitable at present, saying that the
re-arrested inmates were being transferred to other prison facilities in the
state.
He said that details of the incident will be made public later.
Also speaking, the Security Adviser to the state governor, retired Commodore
Jerry Omadara, confirmed that over 100 of the inmates had been re-arrested.
According to him, some of the inmates returned on their own, some reported
themselves at nearby police stations while a combined team of policemen, army,
navy and civil defence corps arrested others.
Omodara said that the state government was informed of the incident at about
4a.m., adding that Gov. Yahaya Bello immediately directed head of security
agencies in the state to deploy their personnel to the scene.
He said that 228 inmates escaped, saying that many of them escaped for the
safety of their lives.
He said that security agents were still combing the bush to re-arrest some of
the fleeing inmates, saying that the flood was not making it easy for them to
escape.
He commended the security agencies for their prompt intervention, saying that
nobody died in the incident.
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