{"id":5270,"date":"2025-03-24T13:18:44","date_gmt":"2025-03-24T13:18:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/panoramanews.com.ng\/?p=5270"},"modified":"2025-03-24T13:18:44","modified_gmt":"2025-03-24T13:18:44","slug":"12-inmates-escape-in-kogi-prison-jailbreak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/panoramanews.com.ng\/index.php\/2025\/03\/24\/12-inmates-escape-in-kogi-prison-jailbreak\/","title":{"rendered":"12 inmates escape in Kogi prison jailbreak"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-5271\" src=\"https:\/\/panoramanews.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Screenshot_20250324-135215-1-300x206.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"206\" srcset=\"https:\/\/panoramanews.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Screenshot_20250324-135215-1-300x206.jpg 300w, https:\/\/panoramanews.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Screenshot_20250324-135215-1.jpg 590w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>By Publisher<\/p>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Kindly share:<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nTwelve inmates on Monday morning escaped from the Kotonkarfe Prison in Kogi State during an early jailbreak.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u00a0Kingsley Femi Fanwo,\u00a0the state\u2019s Commissioner for Information and Communication, made the disclosure<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">in a statement.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">However, he also said the prompt response of security operatives brought the &#8221;unfortunate&#8221; under control, adding that measures are being taken to avert\u00a0 reoccurrence.<\/p>\n<p>According to the statement, the authorities have begun investigating the matter with a view to determine the circumstances that led to the incident following a report that the escaped inmates passed through the tower without being discovered or damaging the tower.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis calls for a thorough investigation to determine the exact circumstances of the escape, arrest the fleeing inmates, and identify possible saboteurs within the system,\u201d the commissioner said.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, Fanwo said the state governor, Ahmed Usman Ododo, has ordered the State Security Adviser to work with the authorities at the prison to find ways to prevent a repeat of the incident, promising that\u00a0the state government would collaborate and aid security agencies to function effectively.<\/p><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">He also assured the residents that hey had nothing to fear.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is no cause for panic. We encourage citizens to go about their daily activities as normal, knowing that the security of lives and property remains our top priority,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Publisher Kindly share: Twelve inmates on Monday morning escaped from the Kotonkarfe Prison in Kogi State during an early&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5271,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,2],"tags":[1246],"class_list":["post-5270","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-crime","category-news","tag-kogi-jailbreak"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>12 inmates escape in Kogi prison jailbreak - Panorama News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/panoramanews.com.ng\/index.php\/2025\/03\/24\/12-inmates-escape-in-kogi-prison-jailbreak\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"12 inmates escape in Kogi prison jailbreak - 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