Herdsmen Escape From Prison in Plateau
Four inmates of the Correction Centre in Jos, the Plateau State capital suspected to be herdsmen have reportedly escaped from prison.
According to Tribune Online, the escaping suspects are yet to be found.
The inmates were earlier arrested and arraigned before a magistrates’ court in Barakin Ladi Local Government Area of the state in 2020.
Some suspected herdsmen had stormed the court and overpowered the men of Correctional Service to set the fleeing suspects.
However, they were later rearrested by a combined team of security agencies.
A source at the Correctional Centre has revealed that the same four suspected herdsmen escaped from prison again in the early hours of Thursday.
Confirming the report to newsmen on Friday, Mr Samuel Aguda, the Controller- in-Charge of the command attributed the development to negligence on the part of personnel on duty.
“When I came to the scene, I realised that it is either that they duplicated the key to the cell or there was serious negligence on the part of personnel on duty. The inmates escaped through the fence,” he added.
