FOUR (4) KILLED IN ATTEMPT JAIL BREAK IN KOSERE CORRECTIONAL FACILITY

 

Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, Interior Minister

"While the inmates were conducting devotional service after a sanitation exercise, a group of them began to move closer to the exit gate." Says source.

"They were warned by the security operatives but one of them ran towards the gate and was shot by the operatives. 

An attempt to escape from Kosere Correctional Custody, Ile-Ife, Osun State on Tuesday, four prisoners were reportedly killed by armed personnel of the Nigeria Custodial Services, NCoS. 

According to reports, the inmates, along with others in the Correctional Facility had tried to access the main exit from the prison during sanitation/devotional sessions in the morning.

A source close to the Custodial Centre in Osun state, revealed that the incident occurred around 9:30 am but the uprisal was effectively quelled by security operatives attached to the centre.

The source reported that, "while the inmates were conducting devotional service after a sanitation exercise, a group of them began to move closer to the exit gate." He said.

"They were warned by the security operatives but one of them ran towards the gate and was shot by the operatives. 

Three others also attempted to escape but were brought down by bullets from security operatives.

"The situation is presently under control and normalcy has returned to the facility," the source further said.

Comptroller of Corrections Services, Osun State Command, Lanre Amoran has since conducted an on-the-spot assessment of the facility.

Osun State Police Command spokesperson, SP Yemisi Opalola, while confirming the incident, said it is true there was an attempt to break the jail but it was foiled, adding that further details are yet to be made available.