Updated: Oyo prison attack; Over 300 inmates recaptured

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No fewer than 300 inmates of the Medium Security Custodial Centre, Abolongo, Oyo, in Oyo State, that escaped during Friday’s attack have been recaptured.

Controller of Correctional, Oyo State Command, Mr. Noel Ailewon, has said.

He made the disclosure in an interview with journalists at the facility in Abolongo, on Saturday.

He explained that profiling of the recaptured inmates and those that did not escape was ongoing.

According to him, the gunmen that attacked the facility stormed the place around 10p.m on Friday October 22, 2021,came in large numbers and they attacked the centre with sophisticated weapons.

Ailewon stated that he was informed about the incident around 10:05p.m., by the head of the custodial centre.

He said there were varying degrees of injury, but only one causality was recorded.

The casuality, he said, was inmate that attempted to escape.

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