AN
inmate at the Benin Central Prison Monday escaped from the headquarters of the
Edo State Prison Service along Reservation Road in Benin City where he was
deployed to do menial works.
Vanguard
gathered that the inmate who was wearing only shorts took to his heels
and escaped through famous Benin Moat at the back of the prison headquarters,
according to an eye witness
Officials
at the prison headquarters said the inmate did not escape through the main
gate.
According
to a reliable source, the prison official that was to supervised the inmate
while he was working claimed to have gone to eat when the incident occurred.
Several
officials of the Edo Prison Service were seen combing bushes in adjoining
streets and the Benin moat searching for the runaway inmate.
It
was observed at the Prison headquarters that a search party was being organized
to help arrest the fleeing inmate.
State
Comptroller of Benin Prisons, Effiom Etowa, could not be reached for comments
but a top official said an official report was yet to be made on the matter.
According
to him, “The official that took him out has not report any incidence to us”
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