Re-arrest inmates who escaped from prisons – Tinubu
No fewer than 4,000 inmates who escaped from the seven prisons, including Kuje, Kogi, Jos, Abologo, Owerri, Okitipupa, and Oko prisons, are still at large.
Reacting to this, President Bola Tinubu has ordered the re-arrest of inmates who escaped from prisons in the country between 2021 and 2022.
This was disclosed in a press briefing by the Minister of Interior, Bunmi Tunji-Ojo, in Abuja. He said the president wanted the escapee inmates recaptured as quickly as possible.
The minister, who disclosed this after inspecting facilities at the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) and Nigerian Prisons Service, said the service would work hard to ensure the order given by the president on fleeing inmates was followed to the letter.
He then urged the Nigerian Prisons Service (NPS) to work in collaboration with security agencies in the country to recapture them. He also said acts of sabotage would not be tolerated from prison officers.
