The House of Representatives’ Committee on Correctional Service has reported that the Nigerian Correctional Centre (NCoS) has recaptured 421 of the inmates who fled its facility at Kuje, Abuja during the recent invasion by terrorists, while 454 others remain at large. The committee has also summoned the Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola; and Comptroller-General of the NCoS, Haliru Nababa …

A 28-year-old believed to be a Kuje Correctional Centre escapee, Yakubu AbdulMumuni has been arrested by the Ogun State Police Command at Sango-Ota, in the Ado-Odo/Ota Local Government Area of the state. Last Tuesday, insurgents attacked the correctional service facility in the Federal Capital Territory  (FCT). Over 900 inmates, including several Boko Haram suspects, escaped from the prison. In a statement …

President Muhammadu Buhari has summoned the service chiefs to an emergency meeting in the wake of the jailbreak at the Kuje Medium Correctional Centre, Abuja, and the attack on the President’s advance convoy in his home state, Katsina. At least 800 inmates, including 64 terrorists, were set free by members of the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) during Tuesday’s …