It was learned that the correctional services officers tried to recapture the inmates, but they ended up re-arresting only 10 of them

No fewer than 118 inmates on Wednesday night escaped from the Medium Security Custodial Centre in Suleja, Niger State, north-central Nigeria as a heavy rainstorm destroyed some parts of the facility.

Nigeria is the biggest African theatre of government of failures. At the background of the countries protracted insecurity and uncertainty, news of romance between the criminal elements responsible for the national calamity, political elites and government agencies remain embarrassing. Nigerians now know that their power-monger politicians ate solely responsible for their distresses.