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Nigerian Correctional Service and c S has
confirmed that one hundred and eighteen prisoners seven

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various jail terms as the Suleja Medium
Security Custodial Center in Niger State, have

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estepped on Wednesday after and destroyed some
of the buildings at the correctional center.

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The prison authority, in the statement
on Thursday, said ten of the estaps

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inmates have been re arrested, while
recovering efforts with other sisters security agencies is

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currently ongoing to recapture other free nstpeas. Photographs made available online on Thursday showed

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one of the buildings in the correctional
center completely destroyed with other buildings partly affected.

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It was there that the rain fell
of hours and the inmates ran out

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for safety and subsequently took advantage of
the situation to set themselves free. Spokesmen

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of the Federal Capital Territory f City
Command of the Nigerian Correctional Service and cos

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AD, A Muduza, in a
statement on Thursday morning, said a heavy

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downfall that lasted for several hours on
the night of Wednesday, the twenty fourth

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of April twenty twenty four, has
breaked heave up on the medium security custodial

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center, so Ledger Digest said,
as well as surrounding buildings destroying part of

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the custodial facility including its perimeter fens, giving way to the skep of a

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total of one hundred and eighteen inmates
of the facility. According to him,

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the service has immediately activated its recapturing
mechanisms and in conjunction with sister security agencies

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has so far recaptured ten flee inmates
and taking them into custody while still in

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a hot chest to recapture the rest
us outside. The service is not unmindful

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of the fact that many of its
facilities were built during the colonial era and

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that they are old, and adding
that the service is making fortic efforts to

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see that all aging facilities give way
two modern ones. This is evidence in

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the dgilling construction of six number of
three thousand capacity ultra modern custodial centers in

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all the geropolitical loans in Nigeria,
as well as the ongoing reconstruction and renovation

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of existing ones. The Service wishes
to assure the public that it is on

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top of the situation and that they
should go about their businesses without care or

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hindrance. The public is further enjoined
to look out for the thin inmates and

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report any suspicious movement to the nearest
security agency. Those are also stuted in

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cludes. It will be recalled that
in the month of March, Galaxy Television

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reported that the Nigerian Correctional Service started
its plans to ensure optimize oppressions of its

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services to guarantee the well being of
prison inmates. The report is presented there

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but in Belu the Nigerian Correctional Service
has promised to optimize its oppressions for effected

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service delivery and well being of inmates. The Public Relations Officer of the service

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and Assistant Controller of Correction, Omawbaka, disclosed this at the Median National Spokespersons

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Soviet and Awards held at the International
Conference Center as CC in Abuja. According

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to him, the Service, under
the leadership of the Controller of Correction,

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Halilu Naaba, has embarked on reinbeguration
and massive review of activities of the correctional

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centers in Nigeria for qualitative service delivery. He revealed that the service would in

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the matter of days launch its YouTube
channel, which according to him, would

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ensure openness and transparency of all activities
of the Nigeria Correctional Service. He solicited

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the support and cooperation of all stakeholders
for the service towards ensuring the safety of

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all correctional centers in Nigeria, inmates
and officers of the Service. On the

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essence of the summit, the Assistant
Controller of correction said it provides a venue

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for practitioners to rob minds and chat
the forward for strict adherents to professional conduct.

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Also on July twenty eighth, twenty
twenty three, Stephen Aben, the

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spokesperson of the Nasarawa State Command of
the Nigerian Correctional Service, reported that the

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Controller of Corrections Nashalawa’s State Command unser
in by him Ada suit for effective implementation

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of Nigerian Correctional Service and c IS
at twenty nineteen and the Administration of Criminal

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Justice at twenty fifteen acjail as well
as natural our State Administration of Criminal Justice

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Law twenty eighteen Acjail to decongest correctional
facilities in the states. Unosa Ibrahim led

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the call in his good will message
as are today capacity training organized by the

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Law Heal Development and Advocacy Center with
the support from Makhapo Foundation in layer Unosa,

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Ada lamented the outburst of a wedding
trial persons eightys that constitute seventy five

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percent of inmates population, saying that
the development hampers robust reformation and rehabilitation of

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inmates across the correctional facilities in the
States and by extension, in the nation

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at large. The Controller therefore old
judges in the States to use available legal

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friend works to sentence offenders with minor
offenses to known custodial service, which will

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help the congest already overstreach custudial centers. The today capacity training with the them,

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popularizing and disseminating the administration of criminal
justice laws of States and continuously upbreading

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the laws to reflect amendments had in
attendance to bear their minds. The Chief

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Judge of Nasarawa States, Honorable Justice
Aisha Bashi Allieu, Permanent Secretary Ministry of

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Justice Isaac Dull, Commissioner of Police
Mayaki Muhammad Babar, amongst others. Lady

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bray the needs in a more digital
way.