JAIL BREAKS: NCS YET TO CONFIRM NUMBER OF ESCAPED INMATES - EDO STATE GOVERNMENT
The Edo State Government has said the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCS) is yet to ascertain the number of inmates that escaped during the Monday jailbreaks in the State.
This was disclosed in a statement released by Crusoe Osagie, Special Adviser on Media and Communication Strategy to Governor Godwin Obaseki, on Tuesday, October 20.
Eons Intelligence reported on Monday, October 19, that armed hoodlums attacked two prisons in the State and freed many inmates.
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Three Police stations were also burnt down by the hoodlums during the attack.
Sequel to the attacks, the State Government declared a 24-hour curfew across the State.
Osagie noted that investigation is ongoing to arrest the perpetrators.
The statement read: “The authorities are yet to confirm the total number of inmates released to the streets, as investigations are still ongoing, which necessitate the shutdown in the State.
“The Edo State Government has said that the 24-hour curfew imposed in the state on October 19, 2020, subsists and is active till further notice. As such, everyone is expected to remain indoors.
“Security agencies have been deployed in the streets to ensure full compliance and anyone found contravening the directive will be dealt with according to the law.
“Parents and guardians are urged to restrain their children, wards and youths from flouting the order, as security agencies will not spare any errant individual.”
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