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From Romanus Ugwu, Abuja
THE Nigeria Prison Service (NPS) has announced the recapturing of five of the 13 prison inmates of Koton Karfe Prison who escapped during a jailbreak that took place in Kogi State at the weekend.
Controller-General of Prisons, Ja’afaru Ahmed, who confirmed the escape of 13 prisoners compromising 10 pre-trial detainees and three convicts from Koton Karfe prison in the early hours of Saturday, announced that five have been recaptured.
He made the confirmation during an on-the-spot assessment of the incident in Koton Karfe prison, Kogi State, stressing that the five recaptured inmates are pre-trial detainees.
“We have recaptured five escapees with the assistance of other security agencies and local vigilante groups as well as individuals and they have been returned to the prison,” he said.
