Jail Break in Nsukka: How they were re-arrested

The controller, Enugu state prisons,Mr Isaiah Amariri, on Thursday said that six inmates among the prisoners that escaped from Nsukka prisons jail break  on Tuesday night have been re arrested




Amariri made the disclosure while briefing news men in Nsukka yesterday,during his visit to Nsukka prisons to access the situation by himself. He stressed that the state prison service is liaising with security agents and community vigilante groups in the are to ensure the remaining fleeing inmates are captured, even though he declined to state the exact number of inmates who escaped.


.His words,“There was jail break in Nsukka prisons on Tuesday night between 12pm and 3am, in which many inmates escaped, though six of them have been re-arrested.

“I cannot give the exact figure for now as investigations are still on, we will send our investigation s finding to controller general of prisons who will make public the exact number and cause of Nsukka  prisons  jail break'.

“The service  is liaising with security agents and community vigilante groups and to know the hid-out of those still on the run in order to re-arrest e them ,”he said.

Mr Amariri  said  any prison staff  indicted at the end of investigation, to  have used his or her position to have aided the  Tuesday night jail break would be  brought to justice to serve as deterrent to others.

 “After investigations on the jail break any person in the service found to have been involved or aided the Tuesday jail break will be arrested and prosecuted no matter his or her positions.

 “Security has been beefed up in around Nsukka prisons with serious surveillance on the prisons facilities, inmates and staff.

 He said the prisons authorities are on top of the situation and will put measures in place to avoid a repeat of what happened on Tuesday night in Nsukka,

 He appealed to every   member of the public who  have  information on the whereabouts or hiding place of the fleeing inmates  to come and  report to the  prison authorities or security agents.

“We solicit for help from the general public who may have information
 about the fleeing inmates to feel free and call prisons authorities or security agents to enable them to re-arrest escapees.

He assured  that such information will be given the confidentiality it deserves and source identity will be fully protected.

 On the challenges facing Nsukka prisons, Amariri said that Nsukka  prisons was established about hundred years ago, adding that a man of one hundred  years old needed extra care to remain healthy.

 “This prisons was established hundred years ago and some
 of the facilities have been over-stretched, the original capacity of Nsukka  prisons is 168 but today its  accommodating  264  inmates, “