Three of the inmates of the Ijebu Ode Correctional Centre, Ogun State have escaped from the place.

A statement by the Ijebu Imusin Area Command of the So-Safe Corps said the names of the escaped inmates are: Hammed Adeboyejo, an armed robbery and murder convict; Fatai Taiwo Akande, who was also convicted of murder; and Aliu Oguntona, who was sentenced for sexual offences.

The statement said, “The report reaching us now is that three prisoners escaped from the Ijebu-Ode Correctional Centre, whose names are Hammed Adeboyejo, who was convicted of Murder/Armed robbery; Fatai Taiwo Akande from Ijebu-Igbo, who was sentenced for murder; and the third man, Oguntona Aliu, who was convicted of sexual offence. In case you see any of them, quickly contact the office of the So-Safe Corps Command closer to you, the Nigerian Police, and any other security agency”.

The convicted inmates were said to have escaped early on Saturday morning around 3 a.m. The Nigeria Correctional Service said it was working with other security agencies to find them and bring them back to the centre.