The Governor of Edo State, Godwin Obaseki, has extended the
ultimatum issued to escaped inmates to return by one week.
Obaseki had initially given the fleeing inmates until
Friday, October 30 to return.
In a statement on Friday by his Special Adviser on Media and
Communication Strategy, Crusoe Osagie, the governor said this was the outcome
of a Security Meeting held with heads of security agencies in the state today.
“The extension of the ultimatum is as a result of the
positive response from the prisoners, as a good number of them have since
returned to the two correctional facilities. The new window is to allow more
prisoners to return to the centres willingly,” the statement quoted Obaseki as
saying.
Hoodlums hijacked the #EndSARS protests against police
brutality to invade two correctional facilities in Benin City during the week,
freeing about 2,000 prisoners in the process.
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