Six male inmates have escaped from the Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Development Remand Home and Detention Centre in Sapele, Delta State.

The inmates, whose ages range between 14–17 years were said to have escaped from the home along Abeke road in Sapele, in the early hours of Wednesday.

A source at the home who preferred to remain anonymous said that the inmates escaped about 12:30 am.

“I think it was a carefully planned escaped by the six inmates. They chose night so that they could escape without being noticed before dawn. If not for the swift intervention of the security men and the vigilantes, the remaining inmates would have escaped also,” the source said.

The Remand home is said to house 13 male inmates and one female inmate in the facility.

The Police Public Relations Officer, Onome Onowakpoyeya, on Thursday, confirmed the escape of the teenagers.

She said, “Yes, six inmates escaped and the command is doing everything possible to find them.”