Ekiti: Prison Service recaptures 193 escapees
BY ABU IDRISU
The Nigerian Prisons Service, NPS, yesterday said that 193 inmates who escaped from the Ado-Ekiti prison on Sunday have been recaptured.
With 435 prisoners at the facility at the time of the attack, it means 242 prisoners are still on the run.
Spokesperson of the Prison Service, Ope Fatinikun, who disclosed this in Abuja yesterday, appealed to Nigerians, especially nearby communities and neighbouring states of Ekiti, Ondo, Edo, Osun, Kogi and Kwara to be vigilant and watch out for suspicious individuals and report them to the nearest prison or police station.
Meanwhile, the All Pro- FEMI OYEWESO ABEOKUTA Scores of retired teachers yesterday in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital called on National Pension Commission, PENCOM, to mandate their Pension Fund Administrator, PFA, IBTC Pensions, to release their pensions without further delay. The teachers, who addressed journalists yesterday at Nigerian Union of Teachers, NUT, Kuto, Abeokuta, also called on the federal government and appropriate authorities to intervene on the matter before it is too late. The retirees were mainly the three batches of teachers from the Obafemi Owode Local Government who left service between July 2012, 2013 and 2014 respectively and had duly completed necessary documentations. They alleged that since their retirement from service in 2012, IBTC Pension had refused to pay them their entitlement whereas their colleagues under other PFAs in the same state had been paid their contributory pensions in full. The spokesperson of the over 50 teachers, Reverend Olawale Sanyaolu, said government during the introduction of their PFA in 2008 had promised that their contributory pension would be paid at the point of disengagement. The teachers, however, lamented that they had been subjected to series of maltreatment and harrowing experience since their first, second and third batches of teachers retired. gressives Congress, APC, in Ekiti State and the state government yesterday disagreed over the whereabouts of the inmates.
The APC, which accused Governor Ayodele Fayose of complicity in the attack whereby no fewer than 274 inmates are still missing, alleged that some of the inmates were sighted at the Government House.
The APC State Publicity Secretary, Taiwo Olatunbosun, said in a statement in Ado-Ekiti that “the sighting of four of the escaped prisoners in the Government House confirmed the earlier suspicion that the incident was an orchestrated plan to free criminals friendly with the government to unleash them on the opponents as suspicion of alleged killer squad in Ekiti State grew.
“Today, Ekiti people have information that four of the escapees, including a notorious criminal and serial rapist that participated in attacking Fayose’s opponents during his first stint, are being lodged in the chalets behind the Presidential Lodge in the Government House,” Olatubosun said.
According to him, the unfolding drama confirms APC outcry that a killer squad is being raised for attacks on opponents.
But Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Mr Idowu Adelusi, described the APC allegation as funny and an attempt to divert Ekiti people’s attention from the evil deed of the opposition party. Rather he said, “Some of the escapee inmates are in APC custody”.
Adelusi said: “They (APC) want to divert the attention of the people. But Ekiti people know that APC is behind the attack on the prison. The APC collaborated with some people inside the prison who they had already compromised.”
The governor’s spokesperson said Fayose had during his visit to the prison after the attack shed light on how the APC connived with some people at the prison to carry out the attack.
The Minister of Interior, Comrade Abba Moro, had said in Lagos on Tuesday that 320 of the 446 inmates of the prison escaped during the attack.
The police in the state, which said manhunt was ongoing, said on Tuesday the 67 of the escapee inmates had been re-arrested apart from those who returned to the prison on their own.
The Nigerian Prisons Service, NPS, yesterday said that 193 inmates who escaped from the Ado-Ekiti prison on Sunday have been recaptured.
With 435 prisoners at the facility at the time of the attack, it means 242 prisoners are still on the run.
Spokesperson of the Prison Service, Ope Fatinikun, who disclosed this in Abuja yesterday, appealed to Nigerians, especially nearby communities and neighbouring states of Ekiti, Ondo, Edo, Osun, Kogi and Kwara to be vigilant and watch out for suspicious individuals and report them to the nearest prison or police station.
Meanwhile, the All Pro- FEMI OYEWESO ABEOKUTA Scores of retired teachers yesterday in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital called on National Pension Commission, PENCOM, to mandate their Pension Fund Administrator, PFA, IBTC Pensions, to release their pensions without further delay. The teachers, who addressed journalists yesterday at Nigerian Union of Teachers, NUT, Kuto, Abeokuta, also called on the federal government and appropriate authorities to intervene on the matter before it is too late. The retirees were mainly the three batches of teachers from the Obafemi Owode Local Government who left service between July 2012, 2013 and 2014 respectively and had duly completed necessary documentations. They alleged that since their retirement from service in 2012, IBTC Pension had refused to pay them their entitlement whereas their colleagues under other PFAs in the same state had been paid their contributory pensions in full. The spokesperson of the over 50 teachers, Reverend Olawale Sanyaolu, said government during the introduction of their PFA in 2008 had promised that their contributory pension would be paid at the point of disengagement. The teachers, however, lamented that they had been subjected to series of maltreatment and harrowing experience since their first, second and third batches of teachers retired. gressives Congress, APC, in Ekiti State and the state government yesterday disagreed over the whereabouts of the inmates.
The APC, which accused Governor Ayodele Fayose of complicity in the attack whereby no fewer than 274 inmates are still missing, alleged that some of the inmates were sighted at the Government House.
The APC State Publicity Secretary, Taiwo Olatunbosun, said in a statement in Ado-Ekiti that “the sighting of four of the escaped prisoners in the Government House confirmed the earlier suspicion that the incident was an orchestrated plan to free criminals friendly with the government to unleash them on the opponents as suspicion of alleged killer squad in Ekiti State grew.
“Today, Ekiti people have information that four of the escapees, including a notorious criminal and serial rapist that participated in attacking Fayose’s opponents during his first stint, are being lodged in the chalets behind the Presidential Lodge in the Government House,” Olatubosun said.
According to him, the unfolding drama confirms APC outcry that a killer squad is being raised for attacks on opponents.
But Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Mr Idowu Adelusi, described the APC allegation as funny and an attempt to divert Ekiti people’s attention from the evil deed of the opposition party. Rather he said, “Some of the escapee inmates are in APC custody”.
Adelusi said: “They (APC) want to divert the attention of the people. But Ekiti people know that APC is behind the attack on the prison. The APC collaborated with some people inside the prison who they had already compromised.”
The governor’s spokesperson said Fayose had during his visit to the prison after the attack shed light on how the APC connived with some people at the prison to carry out the attack.
The Minister of Interior, Comrade Abba Moro, had said in Lagos on Tuesday that 320 of the 446 inmates of the prison escaped during the attack.
The police in the state, which said manhunt was ongoing, said on Tuesday the 67 of the escapee inmates had been re-arrested apart from those who returned to the prison on their own.
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