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Beyond a simplistic name change from the Nigerian Prisons Service to the NCoS in 2019, the government must embark on urgent infrastructure and other reforms to decongest the custodial centres.
This is stated in a statement made public in Abuja by Mr. Ozoya Imohimi, the ministry's director of press and public relations.
I hereby, call on the intervention of the government to take necessary measures in other to tackle this menace, in other to safeguard the life of people within the affected regions.
He claims that the Service instantly went into recapturing mode and, working with sister security organisations, was able to apprehend and hold 10 of the escaping detainees while actively pursuing the remaining ones.
A manhunt is launched after more than 100 inmates escape the colonial-era facility near Abuja.