The
Nigerian Prison Service has released the statement below to announce a
jailbreak in one of its facilities in Akwa Ibom.
Read full statement
below.
At about 1147hrs on Wednesday, 27 December
2017, there was an attack on kitchen staff that were on duty at Ikot Ekpene
Prison in Akwa-Ibom State by some prisoners.
They seized an axe from fellow inmate attached
to the kitchen, inflicting a deep cut to inmates’ head in the process and
immediately made for the rear entrance to the prison. They broke the door with
the axe and engaged the staff that chased after them in battle.
At the end of the scuffle, 4 of them that
sustained gun shots lost their lives while 7 were recaptured. 36 are still at
large and search parties have been activated to effect their recapture.
Meanwhile, the Controller of Prisons Akwa Ibom
State Command, Alex Oditah has ordered an investigation into the circumstance
surrounding the unfortunate incident.
The CP wishes to appeal to members of the
public to assist the authority with useful intelligence that will aid arrest of
feeling prisoners assuring that security has been strengthen in all prison
formations in the State to forestall breach of security.
ASP Ogbajie J. Ogbajie
Command Public Relations Officer
For: CP Akwa-Ibom State
Command Public Relations Officer
For: CP Akwa-Ibom State
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