Thirteen inmates of the Koton Karfe prison in Kogi state have escaped at in the early hours of Saturday in fresh jailbreak recorded. The prison had witnessed similar jailbreaks in 2010 and 2013.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) learned that at about 7am on Saturday, the inmates forcefully brought down the wall of the prison and jumped out into the free world.
It was also gathered that one of the escaped inmates was re-arrested almost immediately by security agents.
It was gathered that the Comptroller–General of the Nigeria Prison Service had already sent a representative to Koton Karfe to assess the situation.
The State’s Controller of Prison, Mr. Musa Maza, who would have shed more light on the incident, did not pick several calls made to his mobile telephone line. [myad]
