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38 inmates remanded in the custody of the Enugu State Police Command for various offences have reportedly escaped from custody on Monday.
Police sources said the inmates numbering between 38 and 40 escaped from the police cells at the State Criminal Investigation Department, inside the State Police Headquarters on Sunday night, Punch is reporting.
The inmates were remanded by Magistrate Courts at the police cells during the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown.
It was learnt that the offenders were kept in the police custody because of the congestion of the Nigerian Correctional Service, Enugu.
There has been a spate of jail breaks across the country in recent times.