UPDATE - Over 80 inmates voluntarily return to Imo custodial center

 

Over 80 inmates of the Owerri Correctional center in Imo

state have returned to the center.

 

Recall that armed men attacked the correctional center on Monday, March 5, and freed 1844 of the inmates.

 

During a visit to the center on Tuesday, April 6, the Minister of Interior Affairs, Rauf Aregbesola, promised that the Federal government will grant any returnee inmate amnesty.

 

In an interview with DailyTrust on Wednesday, April 7, the Public Relations Officer of the Centre, Mr. Joe Madugba, said over 80 inmates have returned between Tuesday and Wednesday.

“We have a total of 82 inmates right now. Remember that we have 36 that refused to escape and six that returned. Presently 40 others have joined them. They might have heeded the advice of the honourable minister to grant them amnesty from the crime of jailbreak.” he said

 

He said that the centre is still expecting more of the detainees to return.