Tag: Jailbreak
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Security forces foil jailbreak in Edo
Security forces, yesterday, foiled jailbreak at the Sapele Road Correctional Centre in Benin City, the Edo State capital. Members of the public were scared by gunshots at about 1.30pm, at the Correctional Centre, popularly known as White House, yesterday, as a combined security detail of the police, army, correctional centre armed personnel and vigilante reportedly…
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[Oyo Jailbreak] Attackers killed Soldier, Amotekun Corp, left another in critical condition, says govt
At least two security personnel lost their lives during Friday night’s jailbreak at the Abolongo Correctional Centre in Oyo State. Governor Seyi Makinde disclosed this in a state broadcast he delivered on Saturday evening. No fewer than 837 inmates were said to have escaped after heavily-armed men attacked the correctional center with explosives. Spokesperson for…
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FG orders shoot on sight for anyone who attempts jailbreak
The federal government has ordered the personnel of the Nigeria Correctional Service to shoot on sight any internal and external aggressor on Custodial Centres. Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola gave the order at an emergency meeting with NCOs Squadron Commanders, Field Commanders and Heads of Armed Squads. This follows the recent wave of attacks on…
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Inmates, officers bruised in foiled Edo jailbreak
Inmates as well as officers of the Nigerian Correctional Service were hurt on Wednesday in an attempted jailbreak at the Medium Security Custodial Centre Ubiaja in Edo State. The incident happened days after a foiled jailbreak by inmates in Bauchi State which left many injured. The attempted jailbreak at Ubiaja also happened days after over…
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Seven injured as armed personnel foils jailbreak in Bauchi
Armed personnel attached to the Bauchi Custodian Centre on Friday averted what would have been another jailbreak a few days after the Owerri incident. The quick intervention of Armed Personnel of the Service attached to the Centre immediately averted the incident. Two personnel of the correctional service sustaining varying degrees of injuries. The injured are…
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‘No Nigerian deserves to be in prison’, Nnamdi Kanu says hours after massive jailbreak, attacks on police building in Imo
Few hours after a correctional facility and police investigations department in Owerri, the Imo State capital were set ablaze by unidentified gunmen, leader of proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) Nnamdi Kanu has stated no Nigerian deserves to be in prisons. TheNewsGuru.com, TNG reports that there were reports of massive jail break after the attacks.…
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#EndSARS: 1,993 inmates escaped, weapons looted in Edo jailbreaks – Ministry
The Federal Ministry of Interior said 1,993 inmates escaped when the Nigerian Correctional Service, NCOs custodial centres in Benin City and Oko in Edo State were attacked on Monday by protesters purportedly under the #ENDSARS aegis. Mohammed Manga, Director, Press & Public Relations, Ministry of Interior who said this in a statement on Tuesday also…
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Jailbreak: 26 inmates escape from prison
Twenty-six inmates escaped from a Brazilian prison in the northwestern state of Acre early on Monday, with all but one remaining at large, the state prison authority said. The jailbreak comes just a day after 75 inmates escaped from a Paraguay jail on the Brazilian border. Paraguayan authorities had said on Sunday those escapees included…
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Minna jailbreak: 51 inmates recaptured
The Nigeria Prisons Service in Niger says 51 inmates out of the 210 inmates that escaped from the Minna Medium Security Prison on June 3, had had been recaptured. The Controller of Prisons in the state, Mr Mustapha Iliyasu, made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Minna on Wednesday.…
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Akwa Ibom jailbreak: 28 inmates still at large – NPS
The Controller General of Nigeria Prisons Service (NPS) Mr Jaffaru Ahmed, has disclosed that 28 inmates of Ikot Ekpene Prisons that escaped during jailbreak on Dec. 27, 2017 were still at large. Ahmed disclosed this to newsmen after an inspection of facilities in Ikot Ekpene Prisons on Friday. The controller general, who described the facilities…