No fewer than 15 inmates were
believed to have escaped from Nsukka Prison in Enugu State in a jail break that
occurred on Tuesday night.
A reliable source at the prison, who
pleaded anonymity, told the News Agency of Nigeria in Nsukka on Wednesday that
the inmates broke their cells and scaled over the perimeter fence.
The source said: “The inmates
carefully opened their cells and scaled the perimeter fence of the prisons.
“Before prison officials on night
duty knew what was happening, about 15 inmates had escaped.”
The Controller of the prison,
Lawrence Okonkwo, confirmed the jail break but declined to give the number of
inmates that escaped.
The source further said: “Yes there
was a jail break last night in Nsukka Prison but I am not in a position to say
how many prisoners escaped.
“We are expecting the Enugu State
Prisons Controller, Mr. Isaiah Amariri, in Nsukka Prison so that we brief him
on what happened last night.
“He will be the one to tell the
public the number of inmates that escaped, re-arrested ones and efforts put in
place to arrest those still on the run.”
However unconfirmed reports said two
escapees had been re-arrested.
Officials of the Nigeria Prisons
Service were seen in parts of Nsukka and its environs searching for fleeing
inmates on Wednesday
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