NCoS commences probe as 7 inmates escape from prison The leadership of the Nigeria Correctional Service (NCoS) has revealed that a midnight downpour has triggered a jailbreak at the Medium Security Custodial Centre in Ilesa, Osun State, leading to the escape of seven inmates and prompting an intensive manhunt. According to a statement released Tuesday evening by the Service’s national spokesman, Umar Abubakar, the heavy rainfall which occurred around 2:00am on May 20, 2025, caused a breach in the facility’s perimeter security, a “force majeure” that gave the inmates an opportunity...