Nigeria decrepit colonial era jails pose security risk

 Owerri prison

Part of the Owerri prison in Imo state attacked on April 4, 2021 and 1,844 inmates released. FILE PHOTO | NIGERIA CORRECTIONAL SERVIE



Although Nigeria has been dealing with a breakdown of its national security, the state of its prisons is now another thing to worry about, following a major and deadly prison break in October.

On the fateful day, one escapee whom authorities wanted, was considered most dangerous being a repeat offender and notorious jail breaker. In 2020 he was one of the 1,729 inmates that escaped from two Correctional Centres in Nigeria’s South South Edo state, trailed and killed the judge and the prosecutor that put him behind bars.