{"id":7684,"date":"2024-09-16T11:37:57","date_gmt":"2024-09-16T11:37:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/digitaltradecenter.com\/index.php\/2024\/09\/16\/over-200-inmates-escape-from-prison-following-heavy-flooding-in-nigeria\/"},"modified":"2024-09-16T11:37:57","modified_gmt":"2024-09-16T11:37:57","slug":"over-200-inmates-escape-from-prison-following-heavy-flooding-in-nigeria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/digitaltradecenter.com\/index.php\/2024\/09\/16\/over-200-inmates-escape-from-prison-following-heavy-flooding-in-nigeria\/","title":{"rendered":"Over 200 inmates escape from prison following heavy flooding in Nigeria"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph-primary-core-light\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm13y3v0i000vmvqt8a2v0ev7@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            At least 274 inmates have escaped from a prison in Nigeria\u2019s Borno state following heavy flooding, the Nigerian Correctional Service said Sunday.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph-primary-core-light\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm13y4a7800063b6kcevkpesg@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            \u201cThe flood brought down the walls of the correctional facilities, including the medium security custodial center Maiduguri (MSCC) as well as the staff quarters in the city,\u201d the service spokesman Abubakar Umar said in a statement.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph-primary-core-light\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm13y4a7800073b6k5zqirhcc@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            According to Umar, at least 281 inmates managed to escape while they were being transferred to \u201ca safe and secure facility\u201d and seven of them were recaptured later.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph-primary-core-light\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm13y4a7800083b6ky36poszm@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            Umar said that the service is aware of escapees\u2019 identities, including their biometrics and made this information \u201cavailable to the public.\u201d    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph-primary-core-light\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm13y4a7800093b6k3io1ywl3@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            The search for the inmates is ongoing, he said.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph-primary-core-light\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm13y3v0i000wmvqtf4y04lis@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            <i>This is a developing story and will be updated.<\/i>    <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div>This post appeared first on cnn.com<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At least 274 inmates have escaped from a prison in Nigeria\u2019s Borno state following heavy flooding, the Nigerian Correctional Service said Sunday. \u201cThe flood brought down the walls of the correctional facilities, including the medium security custodial center Maiduguri (MSCC) as well as the staff quarters in the city,\u201d the service spokesman Abubakar Umar said 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