Armed men on Thursday morning ambushed
some officials of the Nigerian Correctional Service
within the vicinity of Plateau State High Court in
Barkin Ladi local government area of the State
and freed some suspects taken for arraignment
in the court.
The suspects who were said to be 14 in number
with alleged crimes ranging feom rape,
kidnapping to murder were conveyed from Jos,
the capital city to Barkin Ladi but the Service’s
convoy was waylaid by the gunmen and six of
the suspects escaped.
Unconfirmed report had it that the gunmen who
laid in wait near the court premises opened fire
on the convoy but the officials did not retaliate
and the targeted suspects were freed by their
alleged gang members.
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The State Commissioner of Police, Edward
Egbuka had visited the area even as the State
Commandant of the Nigerian Correctional
Service, Mr Musa, briefed him of the incident
stating the Court did not notify him of a change
in hearing date as it was gathered the suspects
were not supposed to be in court at the time of
the incident.
A court source who anonymously said, “We only
had four cases today with only one criminal, and
the suspect was not among those brought from
the Correctional Centre. The court since
resumption from lockdown has hardly heard five
cases a day, let alone ten, to have warranted the
deployment of those suspects today.”
However, four out of the six fleeing suspects
have been arrested while two are still at large
and two motorcycles said to be abandoned by the
gang which ambushed the convoy have also
been recovered.
https://www.vanguardngr.com/2020/07/plateau-armed-men-ambush-correctional-service-convoy-free-four-suspects/

Omo Nawao.... Last last nobody safe for this country.

Let's sell this country to Zimbabwe

Successful heist well pulled off.

What an effrontery!