Minna Prison Break-- 64 Inmates Re-arrested

                         64 out of the 275 inmates who escaped during an invasion by a gang of unidentified gunmen ‎on the Minna Medium Security Prison have been arrested.
This leaves 211 of the escaped inmates still at large.
                         The Controller General of Prisons, Dr. Peter Ezinwa Ekpendo ruled out the dreaded Boko Haram as being responsible for the attack on the Prison facility.
The visibly sad Controller General who assumed office barely 24 hours before the invasion of the Prison told newsmen after on-the-spot assessment of the attacked facility on Sunday described the incident as “unfortunate, embarrassing and completely unacceptable”.

He said the service in conjunction with other security agencies have launched massive search parties within and outside the state to effect the re-arrest of escaped prisoners.
The Prison boss said that full scale investigation has since been instituted to x-ray the sad incident and vowed that “any officer found culpable in the unfortunate incident will face the full wrath of the law”.
Ekpendo then ordered the immediate transfer 55 officers from the state and zonal headquarters of the service to the Minna Medium Security Prison and Minna Old Prison to beef up the security in the two facilities.
On speculations that the attack may have been masterminded by the outlawed Boko Haram group, Controller General said, “preliminary report shows that there is no evidence to link Boko Haram to the Prison break incident of Saturday.”
The Controller General then assured the President and the nation that the recent security challenges and attacks on prison yard will be tackled head-on.
“I am assuring the President and Minister of Interior that the security challenges facing us will be tackled head-on. Justice must be done and restoration security of the prisons shall be paramount.”
The 160 bed prison facility was on Saturday attacked by unknown gunmen at about 4:30pm leading to the escape of 275 inmates.