…as lawmakers ask Correctional Service recapture escapees, improve security around prisons
By Levinus Nwabughiogu-Abuja
House of Representative at Thursday plenary mandated its committee on Reformatory and Correctional Institutions to investigate the incidences of prisons breaks across the country.
The House also urged the Controller of General of Corrections to immediately reinforce the armed Squad of the Service as part of measures to prevent reoccurrence.
The parliament also called for effective collaboration between the Federal and State Governments to tackle threats to the…