Thirteen
inmates have escaped from the Koton-Karfi Medium Prison along Opareke in
Kogi State.
They
were said to have escaped on Saturday morning after the prison wall collapsed.
Sources
alleged that insiders could have facilitated the escape of the inmates.
It was gathered that the
prison officials on duty opened some of the cells for the inmates to come out
for their normal morning activities, only for the inmates to pull a section of
the prison’s wall down and escape into a nearby bush.
One
of the prison officials, who refused to identify himself, said four kidnappers
were brought to the Koton-Karfi Prison on Friday afternoon. He added that the
new inmates might have been responsible for the escape.
Saturday’s
incident is the third jailbreak in the last three weeks in the prison.
Efforts
to speak with the Comptroller of Prison, Kogi State Command, Mr. Musa Maza,
proved abortive
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