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Sunday Aborisade, Adelani Adepegba and Chidiebube Okeoma
Published 12:21 am
FORTY-eight hours after the attack on the Owerri Custodial Centre by gunmen suspected to be members of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, no fewer than 48 escaped inmates have been apprehended, increasing the number of inmates in custody to 84.
Among the escapees, 11 were recaptured by men of the 211 Nigerian Air Force Base, Owerri, while others either came back on their own volition or were returned by their relations, traditional rulers and religious leaders.
Six escaped inmates had earlier returned to the facility while 35 others did not escape during the attack on Monday.
2021-04-08 14:56:02 GMT2021-04-08 22:56:02(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
ABUJA, April 8 (Xinhua) Two policemen were injured on Thursday when a group of gunmen attacked a police station in Nigeria s southeastern state of Imo, said Nigerian police authorities.
The attack on the Mbieri Police Division is the sixth to be recorded in the state so far this year, said Orlando Ikeokwu, the spokesman for the police in Imo.
The gunmen stormed the police division in the early hours of Thursday, shooting sporadically, and engaged the police in a gunfight, said Ikeokwu.
The two police officers who sustained injuries during the gunfight are currently receiving treatment at a local hospital, he said.
Owerri Jail Invasion: Operatives recapture 48 fleeing inmates
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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 Indigenous People Of Biafra (IPOB)”.
Giving further details, Mr Enobore said; “As of 1550hrs today, 7th April 2021, the Centre has recovered a total of 48 inmates who escaped in the wake of the invasion thus increasing the number of inmates presently in custody to 84, including those that resisted the temptation to escape during the attack.
7 Apr 2021
Heavily armed militants attacked a prison facility in Nigeria’s southeastern city of Owerri on Monday, allowing nearly 2,000 inmates to escape.
Armed gunmen stormed the Owerri prison on April 5 at around 2:15 a.m., according to the Nigerian Correctional Service. Some militants used explosives and rocket-propelled grenades to detonate sections of the building.
“The Owerri Custodial Centre in Imo state has been attacked by unknown gunmen and forcefully released a total of 1,844 inmates in custody,” a spokesman for the Nigerian prison service said in a statement Monday.
“The attackers who stormed the facility … gained entrance into the yard by using explosives to blast the administrative block,” Nigerian Correctional Service Spokesman Francis Enobore said. “They were said to have arrived [at] the center in their large number in several Hilux pick-up vans and Sienna buses armed with sophisticated weapons and immediately engaged the security personnel on duty
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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 attack.
According to him, among the escapees, 11 were recaptured by men of the 211 Nigerian Airforce Base, Owerri while others either came back on their own volition or were returned by their relations, traditional rulers and religious leaders.