The Edo state Governor, Godwin Obaseki has extended the ultimatum period for the arrival of got awayinmates from the Benin prison, otherwise known as White House.
The White House had on Monday, 19th October, 2020, been broken into by armed hoodlums, leaving unknown numerous of inmates meandering free on the streets of Benin city.
In response to the breakout, Governor Obaseki had given the escaped inmates until Friday to return back to their individual prison holding.
As indicated by the Governor, a good number of the inmates have turned themselves in following the demand to return and the ultimatum extension is to urge the rest to find their way back.
Well, in a statement in Friday, 2:rd October, 2020, by Crusoe Osagie, his Special Adviser on Media and Communication Strategy, the governor stated that this was the outcome of a Security Meeting held with heads of security agencies in the state today.
The statement quoted Obaseki as saying...
“The extension of the ultimatum is as a result of the positive response from the prisoners, as a good number of them have since returned to the two correctional facilities. The new window is to allow more prisoners to return to the centres willingly.”
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