From the intelligence report we got, there is nothing we can lay hands on that made the inmates escape
The Osun State Police Command says it has not received official communication regarding the escape of seven inmates from the Medium Security Custodial Centre in Ilesa.
Police spokesperson, DSP Abiodun Ojelabi, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that, “We heard also about the escape, but there is no official report made to the police by the NCoS.”
“Our intel revealed to us that actually, there was an escape,” he added.
The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) confirmed the incident, attributing the escape to structural damage caused by heavy rainfall around 2:00 a.m. Tuesday.
In a statement signed by Umar Abubakar on behalf of the Controller-General of Corrections, Sylvester Nwakuche, the NCoS said, “The service is working closely with sister security agencies as well as community leaders to recapture the escapees and bring them back to custody.”
Authorities have launched a manhunt, urging the public to provide information that could lead to the fugitives’ capture