Enugu jail break: Six fleeing prisoners recaptured- Controller

The Enugu State Controller of Nigeria Prisons Service, Mr. Isaiah Amali, has confirmed the recapture of six prison escapees from the Nsukka Prisons who escaped on Monday during a jailbreak.

Amali told the Daily Times in Enugu, on Thursday, that the incident occurred between 12:00 a.m and 3:00a.m on Monday morning but refused to disclose the total number of prisoners involved in the jailbreak.

He made the disclosure during an on the spot assessment of the incident in Nsukka, Enugu State, stressing that the service with the support from other security outfits is on the heels of other fleeing prisoners.

“We have rearrested six escapees with the support of other security personnel. Many of others have been traced to their villages; we are already liaising with the local vigilantes in those areas with views to re-arresting the fleeing escapees. I can assure you that we are on top of the situation.

On why he could not disclose the number of prisoners involved in the jail break, Amali said, “Investigations are ongoing for the purpose of been very sure and be exact in the figure, we cannot for now ascertain the number of prisoners that escaped. But we are making efforts to do that, which is what I have been asked to do.

“The security details on how the prisoners escaped is still been looked into, at the moment we cannot not think of carrying out roll calls of prisoner because there are security implications. There are checks and measures we will have to apply to tackle this, this is internal affairs that are not disclosed to the public”, he said.

On measures the service will take if any of the service is indicted in the jailbreak.

“The service has instant laws to deal with this kind of situation.

“If we found out that any of our staff is involve or if any of our staff is found to have helped the prisoners in the act of getting away from the facility. The full wrath of the law would be enforced from the hierarchy of the service.

“The controller General will give further details on the number of inmates who are still on the run on the level of the service”, he said.