The General Director of the Prison, Ja’afaru Ahmed, has
announced that six out of the 13 prisoners that escaped from the Koton-Karfe
prison in Kogi State have been rearrested.
Ahmed noted that the six pre-trial detainees were recaptured
with the assistance of other security agencies and local vigilante groups.
He said they had been returned to the prison.
The CGP made this announcement when he visited the
Koton-Karfe prison on an on-the-spot assessment of the incident.
A statement on Sunday by the Prison Service spokesman,
Francis Enobore quoted the CGP as confirming that 13 inmates escaped from the
prison on Saturday, comprising 10 pre-trial detainees and three convicts.
He assured that appropriate measures were being put in place
to address congestion in prisons, particularly among awaiting trial prisoners
in line with the reform agenda of the Federal Government.
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