The Koton Karfe Minimum Prison in Kogi state has experienced another jailbreak.
Thirteen inmates forced their way out of the prison by bringing down the wall in the early hours of Saturday.
The all male section of the prison which was inaugurated in 2014 has the capacity to accommodate 180 inmates.
However, it was also gathered that it was accommodating 263 inmates as at the time of the jailbreak, Saturday and one of the escaped inmates was re-arrested almost immediately by security agents.
This is the third jailbreak recorded in Koton Karfe as the old prison facility witnessed similar jailbreaks in 2010 and 2013.
In previous jailbreaks 132 inmates escaped from the prison and majority were awaiting trials.
It was gathered that Comptroller–General of the Nigeria Prison Service immediately sent a representative to Koton Karfe to assess the situation.
