837 Inmates Escape From Oyo Prison, 262 Recaptured
October 23, 2021
12:48 pm
The Nigeria Correctional Service, Oyo State Command, said 837 awaiting trial inmates escaped from the Abolongo Correctional Centre in Oyo Town when suspected gunmen attacked the facility.
Public Relations Officer, Olanrewaju Anjorin, confirmed the figure.
Anjorin said all the 837 awaiting trial inmates were freed by the attackers but the cell housing the convicts and the inmates were not vandalised.
He said that a total of 262 escaped inmates had been recaptured, while 575 were still at large.
…‘The invaders arrived the centre heavily armed with sophisticated weapons and after
