Jail break: Minister orders tight security at prisons

The Minister of Interior, Lt.-Gen. Abdurahaman Dambazau (rtd), has ordered immediate security beef up at the Kuje Medium prisons and all other prisons across the country.

The minister gave the order on Monday during a visit Kuje prisons where two inmates escaped on Friday, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports.
The two inmates standing trial for murder reportedly escaped from the prison and are still at large.

Dambazau, who was taken round the prison facility by the Comptroller General of the Nigeria Prisons Service (NPS), Ahmed Jafaru and other prison officials, expressed dismay at the ugly incident.

The minister said he had ordered for detailed investigation into the matter, while the hunt for the escaped inmates continues.