Nsukka Jailbreak: Enugu Prisons Boss Says 6 Inmates Have Been Rearrested OTHERS

Isaiah Amariri, the Enugu State Controller of theNigeria Prisons Service (NPS), said on Thursday that six of the detainees that got away from Nsukka Prisons on Tuesday night, have been rearrested. Amariri, who gave the figure to newsmen in Nsukka, however declined to give the accurate number of detainees that got away from the jail.
 He said the jail administration was liaising with security specialists and group gatherings to capture the rest of the got away detainees.

“There was a jail break in Nsukka prisons on Tuesday night between 12PM and 3AM, in which many inmates escaped, though six of them have been re-arrested.

I cannot give the exact figure for now as investigations are still on.

We will send our findings to the Comptroller-General of Prisons who will make public the exact number and cause of Nsukka prisons jailbreak.

The service is liaising with security agents and community vigilante groups to know the hideout of those still on the run in order to re-arrest them.

After investigations on the jailbreak, any person in the service found to have been involved or aided the Tuesday jailbreak will be arrested and prosecuted no matter his or her position.

Security has been beefed up in and around Nsukka prisons with serious surveillance on the prisons facilities, inmates and staff.

The prisons authorities are on top of the situation and will put measures in place to avoid a repeat of what happened on Tuesday night in Nsukka,” he said.

 The controller requested the assistance of the overall population who may have data on the whereabouts of the escaping prisoners, to answer to important security organizations.

"We request for assistance from the overall population who may have data about the escaping detainees to feel free and call penitentiaries powers or security specialists to empower them re-capture the escapees.

We guarantee that such data will be given the secrecy it merits and source character will be completely secured," he said.

On the state of the Nsukka jails, Amariri said it was set up 100 years back with the first limit of 168 detainees, however right now harbors 264 detainees.