The Controller General, Nigerian Correctional Service NCOS Haliru Nababa, has ordered the activation of the immediate recapture procedure and detailed investigation to be carried out on the Kogi jailbreak.
The NCoS Public Relations Officer, Controller of Corrections CC Francis Enobore said this in a statement in Abuja.
The Medium Security Custodial Centre MSCC in Kabba, Kogi State had been attacked by yet to be identified gunmen and 240 inmates forcefully released.
The Controller General, who personally led a team to assess the situation, said that the incident took place Sunday, September 12 2021.
The attackers in their numbers were said to have arrived at the custodial centre heavily armed and immediately engaged the armed guards in a fierce gun battle.
Nababa appealed to the general public to provide useful intelligence to security operatives that would assist in recapturing the escapees.
Established in 2008, the Kabba MSCC had a capacity for 200 inmates, but at the time of the invasion, 294 inmates were in custody, out of which 224 are pre-trial detainees and 70 convicted inmates.
