No fewer than one hundred and nineteen inmates on Thursday, April 25, 2024, escaped from the Medium Security Custodial Centre, Suleja, Niger State, after a rainstorm damaged part of the facility late Wednesday.
According to the Deputy Superintendent of Corrections Command Public Relations Officer, FCT Command, AS Duza, in a statement, “A heavy downpour that lasted for several hours on the night of Wednesday, 24 April 2024 has wreaked havoc on the Medium Security Custodial Centre, Suleja, Niger State, as well as surrounding buildings, destroying a part of the custodial facility, including its perimeter fence, giving way to the escape of a total of one hundred and nineteen (119) inmates of the facility.
“The Service has immediately activated its recapturing mechanisms, and in conjunction with sister security agencies have so far recaptured 10 fleeing inmates and taken them into custody, while we are in hot chase to recapture the rest.”
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