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Sixty four out of the 275 inmates who escaped during an invasion by a
gang of unidentified gunmen on the Minna Medium Security Prison have been
arrested.
This leaves 211 of the escaped inmates still at large.
The Controller General of Prisons, Dr. Peter Ezinwa Ekpendo ruled out
the dreaded Boko Haram as being responsible for the attack on the Prison
facility.
The visibly sad Controller General who assumed office barely 24 hours
before the invasion of the Prison told newsmen after on-the-spot assessment of
the attacked facility on Sunday described the incident as “unfortunate, embarrassing
and completely unacceptable”.
He said the service in conjunction with other security agencies have
launched massive search parties within and outside the state to effect the
re-arrest of escaped prisoners.
The Prison boss said that full scale investigation has since been
instituted to x-ray the sad incident and vowed that “any officer found culpable
in the unfortunate incident will face the full wrath of the law”.
Ekpendo then ordered the immediate transfer 55 officers from the state
and zonal headquarters of the service to the Minna Medium Security Prison and
Minna Old Prison to beef up the security in the two facilities.
On speculations that the attack may have been masterminded by the
outlawed Boko Haram group, Controller General said, “preliminary report shows
that there is no evidence to link Boko Haram to the Prison break incident of
Saturday.”
The Controller General then assured the President and the nation that
the recent security challenges and attacks on prison yard will be tackled
head-on.
“I am assuring the President and Minister of Interior that the security
challenges facing us will be tackled head-on. Justice must be done and
restoration security of the prisons shall be paramount.”
The 160 bed prison facility
was on Saturday attacked by unknown gunmen at about 4:30pm leading to the
escape of 275 inmates.
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