BREAKING: Four Fulani herdsmen escape from prison

Four suspected to be Fulani herdsmen have been escaped from the prison in Jos, Plateau State capital in the early hours of Thursday.

Newsflash Nigeria learnt that the four inmates of Jos Correction Centre were arrested and arraigned before a magistrates’ court in Barakin Ladi Local Government Area of the state last year.

It was gathered that some Fulani herdsmen then stormed the court and overpowered the men of Correctional Service who brought them to court and set them free.

They were however later rearrested by a combined team of security agencies.

However, a source at the Correctional Centre said that the same four suspected herdsmen escaped again in the early hours of Thursday.

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Spokesman of the Plateau State Command of the correctional centre, Mr Geoffrey Longdien, confirmed the incident, saying “four inmates of the correctional centre escaped in the early hours of Thursday at the centre.”

He added that “investigation is ongoing and after we get the full details of the incident, we shall brief the press.”

Keywords: Prison, Fulani herdsmen, Jos Correction Centre

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