Minna jailbreak: 51 inmates recaptured
The Nigeria Prisons Service in Niger says 51 inmates out of the 210 inmates that escaped from the Minna Medium Security Prison on June 3, had had been recaptured.
The Controller of Prisons in the state, Mr Mustapha Iliyasu, made this known in an interview with journalists in Minna on Wednesday.
Iliyasu said that the inmates were recaptured through the combined efforts of security agencies in the state.
According to him, prison officials and other security operatives are making concerted efforts to recapture the remaining inmates.
He appealed to the public to assist the service with useful information that would aid the recapturing of the fleeing inmates.
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