THE State Command of the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) says it has arrested 21 inmates who escaped from the Jos Custodial Centre when gunmen attacked the facility on November 28 and freed 254 prisoners.
While briefing newsmen in Jos yesterday, the spokesman for the NCoS in the state, ASC Geofrey Longdiem, said most of the escapee inmates were rearrested in different parts of the state while some voluntarily gave themselves up.
Longdiem said that the Service had, in collaboration with other security agencies across the country, been working assiduously to arrest the remaining inmates and advised them to return to the custodial centre for their own good.
“As at today, December 7, we have recaptured 21 of the inmates who escaped during the last attack at our custodial centre in Jos.
“Some of the inmates voluntarily returned while two of the inmates were brought back to the Custodial Center by their parents.
“We are using this medium to urge other inmates still on the run to return to the Centre for their own good,” Longdiem said.
