UPDATED: Three fleeing inmates captured, one officer dies in Kogi jailbreak

 


Three of the 12 inmates who escaped during a jail break at Koton Karfe correctional centre in Kogi State have been rearrested.

According to the Nigeria Correctional Service one of the officers of the correctional service was also killed by the escaped prison inmates.

Acting Controller General of the Agency, Sly Nwakuche, who gave the update during a press briefing on Monday at the Koton Karfe correctional centre, described the incident as regrettable.

Nwakuche explained that security operatives have been deployed to capture the fleeing inmates.

The acting CG vowed that the remaining escapee will be apprehended.

He called on the general public to provide security agencies with all the needed information that will lead to the arrest of all the prison inmates who escaped from custody.