Prison break foiled in Edo

 

The Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Edo Command, says it foiled a prison break attempt on Wednesday.

Inmates at the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) facility, Ubiaja, Esan South East Local Government Area had attempted to break out of the facility.

The development was confirmed by Mr. Richard Ogbebor, the Public Relations Officer (PRO) of the Command. In a statement released to newsmen in Benin; Ogbebor disclosed that the attempted prison break occurred from 15:00 hours to 17:00 hours on Wednesday.

Further, he explained that the Corps had received a distress call on the attempted jailbreak. Subsequently, it had mobilised its personnel led by Mr Samuel Ogbeide, an Assistant Superintendent of Corps 1, to the facility. He said that on getting to the facility; it was discovered that the inmates had broken out from their cells and were already engaging the correctional officers in a fight.

He disclosed that in a bid to bring the development under control, some of the officers sustained different degrees of injury.

However, he disclosed that with assistance from the personnel from the Nigerian Army; 4th Brigade, and the Edo Command, Nigerian Police Force, the inmates were eventually overpowered and taken back to their cells.

Additionally, he revealed that security had been fully beefed up at the correctional facility by all security agencies.