Kogi Jail Break: Nine Fleeing Inmates Recaptured

The Nigerian Prisons Service (NIPS) said it had re-arrested nine of
the 144 inmates that escaped during the Nov. 3 gunmen attack on Koton
Karfe Prison in Kogi.
The Controller of Prisons in the state, Mr Adam Omale, who disclosed
this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Lokoja, said
the prisoners were recaptured in Kogi and neighbouring states.
Omale also said that 22 of the fleeing inmates had returned to the
prison on their own.
He said among those re-arrested were six convicts while the remaining
ones were awaiting trial.
He said that the service was on the trail of 113 inmates still on the
run, and assured that all of them would soon be recaptured.
The controller also said that the NIPS headquarters in Abuja, the
Department of State Services (DSS) and the Police had commenced
separate investigations into the incident.
He said the outcome of the investigations would be made public as soon
as it was ready.
Omale called for speedy completion of work on the new prison facility
under construction in Koton Karfe.
He also called for the establishment of another prison facility at
Lokoja to reduce the pressure on the Koton Karfe prison.