By Oluwatosin Maliki
An escape incident occurred at the Ijebu Ode Correctional home in Ijebu Ode Local Government Area of Ogun State, where three inmates fled from the facility.
The jailbreak was confirmed by Victor Oyeleke, the Public Relations Officer of Nigeria Correctional Service, Ogun State Command, on Tuesday.
Also, Oyeleke revealed that the incident happened early Saturday morning around 3am.
He stated, “Yes, it is confirmed, it happened in the early hours of Saturday morning around 3 am. A search party to bring the three of them back has been raised. We have their biometrics and we have contacts of their families.
“We are working together with other sister agencies and in good time they will be brought back.”
Quest Times also learned that the three inmates scaled the fence and bolted away.
In addition, a statement from the Ijebu Imushin Area Command of So-Safe Corps, affirmed the incident.
The statement read in part, “The report reaching us now is that three prisoners escaped from the Ijebu-Ode Correctional Center whose names are, Hammed Adeboyejo who was convicted of Murder/Armed Robbery; Fatai Taiwo Akande from Ijebu-Igbo was sentenced on Murder Casez while the third man, Oguntona Aliu was convicted of Sexual Offence, should in case you see any of them, quickly contact the office of So-Safe Corps Command closer to you, The Nigerian Police and any other Security Agency.”
Following the incident, newsmen reportedly contacted the So-Safe Corps Commander, Soji Ganzallo, but he denied any knowledge about the purported jailbreak.
“I don’t know anything about it, so discountenanced it,” Ganzallo said.