Edo prisonbreak: 163 escaped inmates recaptured

Babayo Maisanda, the controller of correctional centres in Edo, has announced that 163 inmates who escaped from prison following a recent jailbreak have been successfully recaptured.

Speaking on the incident which marred the peaceful EndSARS protest in the state, Maisanda, however, stated that the total number of fleeing escapees still at large stands at 1,818.

According to him, 10 officers sustained various degrees of injuries during the invasion and are currently receiving treatments at various hospitals in Benin.

Maisanda added that facilities of the correctional centres were destroyed as thugs laid siege for more than "six hours."

It would be recalled that Edo state was thrown into bedlam on Monday, October 19, as suspected hoodlums who hijacked the EndSARS protest invaded two correctional centres and set hundreds of inmates free.