The NCoS has revealed the names and images of 122 inmates who escaped from the Abolongo Custodial Centre in Oyo State Ekohotblog reports that the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) has revealed the names and images of 122 inmates who escaped from the Abolongo Custodial Centre in Oyo State. This online media platform recalls that gunmen … Read more
…the government did not give the exact numbers of those rearrested and inmates who returned voluntarily EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Federal Government have recaptured some of the inmates who escaped from the Medium Security Custodial Centre in Abolongo, Oyo State. This is according to a statement issued by Sola Fasure, the Media Adviser … Read more
The Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, has said security operatives are already pursuing the escaped inmates after gunmen attacked Kabba Custodial facility on Monday. A statement by Sola Fasure, Media Adviser to Aregbesola said the Minister had been briefed by the Controller General of the Nigeria Correctional Service (NCoS), Haliru Nababa, on the unfortunate … Read more
The victim’s heart was reportedly chopped out and put in a plastic container and his penis was removed and placed in his mouth. Three prisoners have reportedly murdered a fellow inmate by stabbing him in the neck and cutting his heart out with a sharpened toothbrush before cutting off his penis and jamming it … Read more
“Government should keep on putting effort in this perspective, the whole inmates population is 951 and it is because of COVID-19 that the number is reduced. They could be over 1,000. The officer in charge of Gombe Medium Security Custodial Centre, ACC Abdulazeez Mohammed, has said that the facility is a 379 capacity centre but … Read more
Uganda Police Launch Manhunt For 215 Escaped Inmates Ekohotblog, September 18, 2020… Uganda police have launched manhunt for 215 inmate who escaped from jail and have fled to different parts of the country. Ekohotblog learned that the incident happened on Wednesday near the army barracks in the district of Moroto in northeast Uganda. Before the … Read more
Six inmates were killed in a prison riot in an Italian prison, while a number of guards were taken hostage in another jail, as unrest spreads across the country over measures approved by the government to contain the spread of the virus — including limiting visits from families and friends. During a TV interview Francesco … Read more
Following the executive pardon from the Ondo State Governor, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, sixteen inmates have regained their freedom while three others were given life imprisonment. The Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Olusegun Ajiboye, disclosed this development to newsmen on Monday in the state capital Akure. Ajiboye stressed that Akeredolu exercised the powers conferred on him … Read more