Twenty-three officers of the Nigeria Prisons Service have been shown the way out of the service for alleged involvement in the Kuje and Koton-Karfe jailbreaks that occurred recently in the Federal Capital Territory, FCT and Kogi State respectively.

Also, Lawrence Okonkwo, the officer in charge of the Nsukka Prison in Enugu State, and 10 other staff of the facility have been suspended, to allow for an investigation into the escape of 15 inmates from the prison last week.

The decision was taken during an emergency meeting of the Civil Defence, Fire, Immigration and Prisons Services Board in Abuja.

The sack follows three incidences of jailbreak that has occurred between June and August in Kuje, Koton-Karfe and Nsukka prison facilities, all in Nigeria.

Two inmates escaped from the Kuje prison while 13 others fled the Koton-Karfe facility.

Six of the 15 escapees in the Nsukka prison were reported to have been rearrested.