Five inmates died while trying to escape from prisons in Kaduna and Imo states.
by SaharaReporters, New York
Dec 27, 2020
More than 2,058 prisoners escaped from the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCS) facilities in 2020 following jail breaks in Delta, Edo and Ondo states.
Five inmates died while trying to escape from prisons in Kaduna and Imo states, according to a Daily Trust report.
The most recent jailbreak was the escape of 1,993 prisoners from two correctional facilities in Edo State, on October 19, 2020, which the Comptroller of the facility, Andrew Egbobawaye, confirmed shortly after the jailbreaks.
Taking advantage of the #EndSARS protest, hoodlums using local tools and weapons, broke into the prisons and freed inmates.