The Kogi State Police Command has confirmed the escape of two convicted inmates from the Okene Correctional Centre, saying efforts are ongoing to rearrest them.
This was disclosed on Tuesday in a statement issued by the Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Saliu Oyiza Afusat.
Afusat said the inmates escaped from the facility on Sunday, November 8, at about 10:30 a.m.
According to her, the command received a report from the correctional centre and was working with the Nigerian Correctional Service and other relevant security agencies to ensure the escapees were apprehended.
She said efforts to trace and rearrest the inmates were ongoing.
The police spokesperson also clarified that the statement was her first and only official communication to the press on the incident.
She urged members of the public to disregard any other reports attributed to her on the matter unless officially confirmed by the command.
