Kuje jailbreak: Charles Okah still in custody

The Nigeria Prisons Service (NPS) has
confirmed a Friday night jailbreak at the Kuje
Minimum Prisons, but said it could not yet
ascertain if any inmate escaped.

Specifically, the prisons authority said the alleged
mastermind of the 2010 independence day bomb
blast in Abuja, Charles Okah, is still in its custody
contrary to fears that he escaped.

As a result of the incident, the Comptroller
General of the Service, Ahmed Ja’afaru, has
ordered an immediate audit of inmates at the
facility. He has also ordered a probe into the
immediate and remote cause of the incident.

The Public Relations Officer of the Service, Francis
Enobore told Sunday Vanguard that although “there
was an ‘incident’ at the prison on Friday night but it
has nothing to do with Charles Okah”. “However,
two inmates were reported to have escaped from
the prison at about 1930hrs though not through
jailbreak. The inmates in question were awaiting
trial for culpable homicide and have no
relationship with Charles Okah in what ever
manner as it’s being speculated. Efforts are on in
collaboration with sister security agencies and
relevant bodies to recapture the fleeing prisoners.