25 out of 1900 prisoners who escaped in Edo return back to prison

25 out of 1900 prisoners who escaped from the Oko and Sapele Road prisons in Edo state during the ENDSARS protest which was later hijacked by hoodlums on Monday October 19, return back to prison. 

According to ThisDay, an official of the Sapele Road prison, reveal that one of the escaped prisoners was recaptured after he was shot in the leg. 

He stated :

"The Department of State Security, the police and officials of the Nigerian Correctional Services will soon commence a manhunt for the runaway inmates immediately after a seven-day grace the state government gave them has elapsed.

“We have a way of arresting runway prisoners. We will swing into action once the protest calms down nationwide. The earlier they return on their own, the better for them.

“Those who are rearrested will be retried and sentenced to extra seven years if convicted. So, it is in their own interest to return as the governor has given them extra one week of grace to do so.”