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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...

Daily Post Nigeria Published Igbo social-cultural organisation, Nzuko Umunna has called on the Acting Inspector General of Police, Usman Alkali Baba to adopt a new approach in handling the attacks on Imo State Prison and Police Headquarters in Owerri. The group said that the new IGP must ignore the hasty conclusion made by the ex-IGP Mohammed Adamu, who had, without forensic investigations, accused members of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, and its Eastern Security Network, ESN, of having perpetrated the dastardly act. Nzuko Umunna condemned the attack, saying it received the news of t...

Owerri Jail Invasion: Operatives recapture 48 fleeing inmates On By Omeiza Ajayi, ABUJA Security operatives have recaptured 48 fleeing inmates of the Owerri Custodial Centre who had escaped from the facility on Monday when gunmen invaded the facility, forcefully releasing about 1,844 inmates. Spokesman of the Nigeria Correctional Service NCoS, CC Francis Enobore disclosed this in a statement Wednesday in Abuja. He said; “peace has gradually returned to Owerri Custodial Centre in Imo State following the recent invasion of the facility by gunmen suspected to members of the proscribed Indigen...

Nzuko Umunna 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, ...

Share The Headquarters of Nigerian Correctional Service on Wednesday confirmed that peace has gradually returned to Owerri Custodial Centre in Imo State following the recent invasion of the facility by gunmen suspected to members of the proscribed Indigenous People Of Biafra (IPOB). Spokesperson of the Service, Mr Francis Enobore, in a statement in Abuja, also disclosed that the Centre has recovered a total of 48 inmates who escaped in the wake of the invasion thus increasing the number of inmates currently in custody to 84, including those that resisted the temptation to escape during the at...