{"id":14142,"date":"2026-11-10T13:01:46","date_gmt":"2026-11-10T13:01:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/10\/police-confirm-escape-of-two-convicted-inmates-from-kogi-prison\/"},"modified":"2026-11-10T13:01:46","modified_gmt":"2026-11-10T13:01:46","slug":"police-confirm-escape-of-two-convicted-inmates-from-kogi-prison","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/10\/police-confirm-escape-of-two-convicted-inmates-from-kogi-prison\/","title":{"rendered":"Police confirm escape of two convicted inmates from Kogi prison"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img width=\"1024\" height=\"680\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.vanguardngr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Prison-1024x680.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"Inside prisons crime rings: How inmates run operations from behind bars\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.vanguardngr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Prison-1024x680.webp 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.vanguardngr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Prison-300x199.webp 300w, https:\/\/cdn.vanguardngr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Prison-768x510.webp 768w, https:\/\/cdn.vanguardngr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Prison.webp 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>By Boluwaji Obahopo, Lokoja<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Kogi State Police Command has confirmed the escape of two convicted inmates from the Okene Correctional Centre, saying efforts are underway to apprehend them.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, ASP Saliu Oyiza Afusat, disclosed this in a statement issued on Tuesday, November 10, 2026.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to Afusat, the inmates escaped from the correctional facility on Sunday, November 8, at about 10:30 a.m.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She said the command received a report from the correctional centre and was collaborating with the Nigerian Correctional Service and other relevant security agencies to ensure the prompt rearrest of the escapees.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The police spokesperson added that efforts to trace and apprehend the fleeing inmates were ongoing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Afusat also clarified that the statement was her first and only official communication to the press on the incident.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She urged members of the public to disregard any other information or publication attributed to her on the matter unless officially confirmed by the police command.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanguardngr.com\/2026\/11\/police-confirm-escape-of-two-convicted-inmates-from-kogi-prison\/\">Police confirm escape of two convicted inmates from Kogi prison<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanguardngr.com\/\">Vanguard News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Source: <\/p>\n<div class=\"nSourse\">Vanguard News<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Boluwaji Obahopo, Lokoja The Kogi State Police Command has confirmed the escape of two convicted inmates from the Okene Correctional Centre, saying efforts are underway to apprehend them. The&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14142","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14142","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14142"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14142\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14142"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14142"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14142"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}