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Fresh facts emerged sunday on the circumstances surrounding the alleged jailbreak that occurred at the Kirikiri Medium Prisons, Lagos, last Friday, even as the death toll allegedly rose to five.
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The Olowo of Owo, Oba Folagbade Olateru-Olagbegi, has urged the people of the community, particularly the youth, to play politics in a manner that would be beneficial to the town.
  
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This was contrary to the claims by the Prisons National Public Relations Officer, Mr. Ope Fatinikun, who said it was only one injured inmate that died from injuries sustained during the melee.
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This is just as the Owo Youth Assembly, a conglomeration of young people of the town, has demanded that the Ondo North senatorial seat in the National Assembly be conceded to the town as the nation prepares for the next general election.
  
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It was however unclear if the additional four were from the seven inmates of the prison who were injured and admitted in various hospitals.
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The Olowo, while speaking with strategic youth conference tagged: 鈥淥wo political balance sheet 2015 and beyond, challenges and prospects鈥? said their was the need for the people to desist from selfishness.
  
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But THISDAY gathered from prison sources that the inmates who died and six others who are currently hospitalised were part of the casualty after the prison officials and the military tried to restore peace in the prison.
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The traditional ruler, who spoke through the Olubojo of Owo, High Chief Joseph Olayiwola, urged the youth to engage in constructive dialogue to be able to achieve the desired goals of the community in the political calculation in the state.
  
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Part of the measures to restore peace included the sporadic gunshots heard behinde the prison walls, signalling the beginning of last Friday s melee that almost resulted to a jailbreak.
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Olowo also enjoined the people of the community to come together irrespective of party affiliation to work for the development of the town and make it occupy its rightful place in the state.
  
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The source further claimed that the inmates did not try to escape, rather, they were allegedly shot as  the officials tried to quell the riot.
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The President, Owo Youth Assembly, Olamiposi Oyegoke, said concerted efforts should be made by all irrespctive of political divide to come together and ensure the emergence of an Owo indigene as the next senator.
  
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According to reports, the inmates were merely protesting the alleged ban on the special privileges they had hitherto enjoyed during the tenure of the former Deputy Comptroller of Prisons (DCP).
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He argued that the agitation was borne out of the fact that the town, which was the headquarters of the old Owo division had been marginalised for so long.
  
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It was gathered that the new DCP had ordered that items likes fan, generator, raw foodstuffs, cell phones, cooking utensils and other utilities be banned amongst the inmates.
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According to him, the Akokos that belong to the same senatorial district had produced majority of the present key political office holders at the detriment of Owo.
  
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But what triggered Friday s incident was when a warden tried to seize a fan belonging to one of the inmates pastoring the Freedom Chapel within the prison.
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He listed the posts to include the deputy governor, deputy speaker of the state House of Assembly, the Nigerian ambassador from the state, the Chief of Staff to the President, the state Chief Judge and many more.
  
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The inmates who were aggrieved by the treatment meted out on the inmate, popularly known as General Overseer , were said to have attacked the wardens, forcing them to retreat.
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He lamented that the situation could lead to the complete extinction of Owo community in the Ondo North district of the state.
  
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The situation soon snowballed and the inmates started throwing stones at the wardens breaking glasses and damaging the windscreens of cars in the process.
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Also speaking, one of the leaders of the youth, Foluso Taiwo, said the infrastrucural facilities in the community needed to be upgraded for it to fit into the comity of developed communities.
  
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One of the military personnel who were deployed to help maintain peace at the prison told THISDAY that the prisons authority were allegedly economical with the truth about what actually caused the fracas and the casualty rate.
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According to him, the town needed a 132 KVA power station to boost electricity supply and also improve its economic base.
  
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Addressing claims that the military deliberately shot at the inmates, he said nothing of such happened rather the gunshots were into air to deter the inmates from escaping.
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Revision as of 21:36, 29 October 2014

The Olowo of Owo, Oba Folagbade Olateru-Olagbegi, has urged the people of the community, particularly the youth, to play politics in a manner that would be beneficial to the town.

This is just as the Owo Youth Assembly, a conglomeration of young people of the town, has demanded that the Ondo North senatorial seat in the National Assembly be conceded to the town as the nation prepares for the next general election.

The Olowo, while speaking with strategic youth conference tagged: 鈥淥wo political balance sheet 2015 and beyond, challenges and prospects鈥? said their was the need for the people to desist from selfishness.

The traditional ruler, who spoke through the Olubojo of Owo, High Chief Joseph Olayiwola, urged the youth to engage in constructive dialogue to be able to achieve the desired goals of the community in the political calculation in the state.

Olowo also enjoined the people of the community to come together irrespective of party affiliation to work for the development of the town and make it occupy its rightful place in the state.

The President, Owo Youth Assembly, Olamiposi Oyegoke, said concerted efforts should be made by all irrespctive of political divide to come together and ensure the emergence of an Owo indigene as the next senator.

He argued that the agitation was borne out of the fact that the town, which was the headquarters of the old Owo division had been marginalised for so long.

According to him, the Akokos that belong to the same senatorial district had produced majority of the present key political office holders at the detriment of Owo.

He listed the posts to include the deputy governor, deputy speaker of the state House of Assembly, the Nigerian ambassador from the state, the Chief of Staff to the President, the state Chief Judge and many more.

He lamented that the situation could lead to the complete extinction of Owo community in the Ondo North district of the state.

Also speaking, one of the leaders of the youth, Foluso Taiwo, said the infrastrucural facilities in the community needed to be upgraded for it to fit into the comity of developed communities.

According to him, the town needed a 132 KVA power station to boost electricity supply and also improve its economic base.

Apart from power station, Taiwo added that government and the private sector should collaborate to build an ultra modern civic centre and a youth centre for the people.

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