No fewer than 85 fleeing inmates have returned to Owerri
Correctional Centre which was attacked on the early hours of Monday by unknown
gunmen.
Our correspondent recalls that 1,884 inmates were freed when
the gunmen struck the Correctional Centre and the Imo State Police Command
headquarters in Owerri, respectively.
The attackers who razed no fewer than 50 vehicles also
attacked a military base at Ukwuorji on the Owerri-Onitsha Expressway and burnt
a soldier in a car before they fled.
According to PUNCH, 85 inmates had voluntarily returned to the Correctional Centre.
The National Public Relations Officer of the Nigeria
Correctional Service had told our correspondent on Tuesday evening that 57
inmates had returned to the centre.
But a check by our correspondent on Wednesday showed that
more fleeing inmates had returned to the Centre increasing the number to 85.
Further investigation revealed that non of the
hardened criminals had returned to the Centre.
Also, non of the inmates who were sentenced to death and and on life imprisonments had returned to the Centre.
A source at the Centre who confided in our correspondent
said “we now have about 85 inmates as our custody this Wednesday afternoon. We
are hopeful that more inmates would return. Though the number has not been made
public but I can confirm that as of this afternoon we now have about 85
inmates.
“While some returned on their own accord, others were
brought by their lawyers and family members. We are very hopeful that more
inmates will come back on their own. This is just a reformative centre and we
hope that those of them who have turned new leaf will come back on their own.”
When contacted, the Public Relations Officer of the Centre,
James Madugba, said that he could not immediately confirm the actual number of
inmates who had returned.
He, however, said that no fewer than 60 inmates had returned
to the Correctional Centre.
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