By Evelyn Usman

Authorities of the Nigerian Prisons Service,NPS yesterday, said that it had beefed up security across prisons in the country, including those in North eastern part of the country, warning criminal elements with tendencies to carry out jail breaks to have a rethink. This is just as it has disclosed that effort had been intensified toward recapturing several inmates who escaped from prisons during jailbreaks.

Controller General of the NPS, Dr Peter Epkendun gave the assertion during a familarisation tour of prison formations under Zone ‘A’ command comprising Ikoyi Prison, and Medium Security prison , Female Security Prison and Maximum Security Prison,all located in Kirikiri area of Lagos state.

Although he did not state in clear terms the security measures put in place but only stated that part of it was the collaboration with other security agencies , an initiative he said paid off well in checkmating the excesses of inmates during last week’s foiled jail break attempt in Calabar, Cross River State.