Nigerian Prisons Service warders, attached to the Ibara Prison in Abeokuta, Ogun State, are currently under interrogation for allegedly plotting with some convicted inmates to carry out different crimes, including defrauding members of the public and escaping from the correctional facility.

According Punch Metro some condemned robbery inmates had, in connivance with the warders, allegedly contributed about N15m for the planned jailbreak.

It was learnt that the plot was on when the police discovered it.

Sources told PUNCH Metro that two senior prison officers had been arrested in connection with the incident.

The officers, were said to be undergoing interrogation.

It was further learnt that about N600,000 and some documents had been recovered from the suspects by the police.

A source said the suspects were taken away by officers of the Zonal Intervention Squad, Obada Oko, Abeokuta.

He said, “The whole thing started after the police got a series of complaints of fraud from some members of the public. The calls were traced to the prison. In the course of investigation, some prohibited items were discovered in the cells, including phones.

“The police went further in their investigation and discovered that there was actually a syndicate in the prison and some warders were involved. This was what led to the discovery of the planned jailbreak by the condemned inmates.”

Another source identified some of the inmates allegedly involved in the plot as Olatunji Adeleke and Oladele Ilesanmi.


The source said, “The police discovered that the officers connived with the inmates to plan the jailbreak by securing phones and laptops for them. “They also discovered.....https://janefblog.com/5781-2prison-warders-arrested-by-police-for-plotting-inmates-escape-in-ogun/

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Chai....


At this rate of everyday badnews coming from this country, it is high time we call North Korea to colonise us.