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Michael Olugbode in Abuja The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCS) has disclosed that only 84 inmates are in its custody after the invasion and setting free of prisoners at the Owerri Custodial Centre, Imo State, by criminals. It said of the people set free by the attackers, 48 of them were picked up in some parts of the state with 36 resisting the temptation to flee when the facility was invaded. A statement issued by the Service Public Relations Officer (SPRO), Francis Enobore, said peace has gradually returned to the Owerri Custodial Centre following the recent invasion of the facility by g...
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-...
Punch Newspapers Sections Sunday Aborisade, Adelani Adepegba and Chidiebube Okeoma Published 12:21 am Sunday Aborisade, Adelani Adepegba and Chidiebube Okeoma Published 12:21 am FORTY-eight hours after the attack on the Owerri Custodial Centre by gunmen suspected to be members of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, no fewer than 48 escaped inmates have been apprehended, increasing the number of inmates in custody to 84. Among the escapees, 11 were recaptured by men of the 211 Nigerian Air Force Base, Owerri, while others either came back on their own volition or were returned by t...
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...