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[BREAKING] Attacks on Prisons: FG outraged, issues shoot-at-sight order On .Declares Prisons ‘Red Zones’ .Fleeing inmates rearrested for murder By Omeiza Ajayi The Federal Government has expressed great outrage at the recent wave of attacks on Custodial Centres of the Nigeria Correctional Service NCoS, ordering personnel of the Service’s armed squad to shoot at sight any internal and external aggressor. Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola gave the order at an emergency meeting with NCoS Squadron Commanders, Field Commanders and Heads of Armed Squads. This was as he said some o...

Vanguard News NCoS requests training from Army to check jailbreak On Kindly Share This Story: The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) has requested the assistance of the Nigerian Army to train its armed squad personnel on how to check invasion of custodial centres by armed hoodlums. Mr Francis Enobore, the Public Relations Officer officer, said this in a statement issued in Abuja on Wednesday. He said that the request was contained in a letter which the Acting Controller-General of NCoS, Mr John Mrabure, sent to the Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru, observing that the request ...

Igbo group condemns Owerri attacks, calls for investigation On By Clifford Ndujihe A PAN-Igbo socio-cultural think tank group, Nzuko Umunna has decried the wreaking of mayhem on the Imo State Police Command Headquarters and Nigeria Custodial Centre both in Owerri, Imo State by gunmen and urged a thorough investigation of the attacks. With members spread across Nigeria and the Diaspora, the group ”strongly condemned the wanton destruction of public assets by the attackers and reported death of at least one fleeing inmate of the correctional centre.” In a statement by Mr Ngozi Odumuko, co-...

The NCoS Spokesman, Mr Francis Enobore, disclosed this in a statement made available to News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Abuja. Enobore noted that peace had gradually returned to the Owerri custodial centre in Imo, following the recent invasion of the facility by bandits. “ The 48 inmates recaptured as at 1550hrs today (Wednesday) increases the number of inmates presently in custody to 84. “This includes those that resisted the temptation to escape during the attack. “Among the escapees, 11 were recaptured by men of the 211 Nigerian Airforce Base, Owerri while others either...

Nigerian govt vows to apprehend gunmen who attacked Owerri prison, police hq Mr Aregbesola stated this when he inspected the Nigeria Correctional Service, NCoS, Owerri Custodial Centre which was attacked by unknown gunmen. ADVERTISEMENT The Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, has said that the federal government will leave no stone unturned in fishing out the criminals who attacked law enforcement agencies in Imo State last Monday, while also promising to further secure custodial facilities across the country. Mr Aregbesola stated this when he inspected the Nigeria Correctional Service, NC...