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Twelve inmates have escaped from the Medium Security Custodial Centre in Koton Karfe, Kogi State, following an early morning jailbreak that has sparked a manhunt for the escapees.
Sources at the National Headquarters of the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) confirmed to The Guardian that the incident took place early on Monday morning, with the inmates reportedly breaking free in a coordinated escape. The escapees are all Awaiting Trial Inmates (ATI).
National Spokesman for the NCoS, Abubakar Umar, confirmed the jailbreak to the platform and stated that two of the inmates had already been recaptured, with efforts ongoing to apprehend the remaining ten escapees.
Umar assured the public that all available search mechanisms were being deployed to locate and recapture the…