By Our Reporter
The Nigerian Correctional Service, NCoS, have released the names of 18, out of 119 fugitive inmates of the Suleja Medium Security Custodial Centre, who fled the facility in April.
Recall that the fleeing inmates fled the correctional facility after a heavy rainfall damaged its perimeter fence.
Authorities of the center revealed that about 23 of the inmates were later recaptured in different places but decided to maintain sealed lips because of the security implications.
But the release of the names 18 inmates came as a result of by efforts to hasten their recapture by security agents following what was considered a “top priority,” it was learnt.
However, the released database of inmates includes detailed information about them to help law enforcement agents in recapturing the escapees as well as make it possible for members of the public to identify them and report to security agents.
The escape of the 119 inmates from the Suleja Centre in Niger State created panic within the environment.
Spokesman of the Nigeria Correctional Service, NCoS, Abubakar Umar, at a security briefing in Abuja, had expressed confidence that the fleeing inmates would be recaptured.
He confirmed that, already about 23 of them had been recaptured, and assured that at the right time, the biometric details of the fleeing inmates would be released to the public.
Meanwhile, available information from the website of NCoS indicated that the service has released information about only 18 out of the remaining 96 fleeing inmates.
The names include Ogbonna Kingsley, Auwal Mohammed, Mustapha Ibrahim, Suleiman Sani, Raphael Kingsley, Abdullahi Babangida, Idris Bashir, Umar Mustapha, Ayuba Obedience, Lamido Gambo, Garba Fidelis, Mohammed Jibrin, Sylvester Allison, Albert Israel, Edoga Okwudili, Olaiya Stephen, Audo Usman and Ibrahim Aminu.
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