The Koton Karfe prison in Kogi has recorded a fresh jailbreak in the early hours of Saturday where 13 inmates escaped.

The incident happened at about 7a.m, when the inmates forcefully brought down the wall of the prison.

The all male prison facility which was inaugurated in 2014 has the capacity to accommodate 180 inmates but it was gathered that it was accommodating 263 inmates at the time of the jailbreak.

It was also gathered that one of the escaped inmates was re-arrested almost immediately by security agents.

This is the third jailbreak recorded in Koton Karfe as the old prison facility witnessed similar jailbreaks in 2010 and 2013.

It was gathered that Comptroller–General of the Nigeria Prison Service immediately sent a representative to Koton Karfe to assess the situation.