In a statement released in Abuja, the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) Public Relations Officer Umar Abubakar confirmed that 16 prisoners broke out of the Medium security custodial center in Keffi, Nasarawa State, after attacking the staff. 

According to information obtained by the Nation, five of the staff members were injured in the attacks.

Abubakar said: “Some inmates breached the security of the facility, and attacked personnel on duty to compromise the situation.”

He explained that “in the course of containing the situation, five personnel of the Custodial Centre sustained varying degrees of injury, with two serious and receiving urgent medical attention at a government health facility”.

However, he claimed that seven of the escaping prisoners had been apprehended and were currently being held. 

Reassuring the public of the Service's dedication to public safety and the security of custodial institutions across the country, Abubakar stated that preliminary investigations were underway to ascertain the circumstances surrounding the escape.

However, he claimed that seven of the escaping prisoners had been apprehended and were currently being held.  

Reassuring the public of the Service's dedication to public safety and the security of custodial institutions across the country, Abubakar stated that preliminary investigations were underway to ascertain the circumstances surrounding the escape.

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