The Minister of Interior, General Abdulrahman Danbazau, has confirmed that about one hundred and fifty inmates who escaped from the Minna Prison on Sunday are yet to be found.

General Danbazau said the remaining missing prisoners were among one hundred and eighty prisoners who escaped in the jailbreak, out of which thirty-five have been re-arrested.

The Interior Minister said the capture of the fleeing prisoners was made possible through the combined efforts of Nigerian Prison Service and other security agencies in Niger State.

Speaking after an on-the-spot assessment of the prison facility a day after the incident, the Minister also revealed that security lapses at the Minna Prison were responsible for the jailbreak.

The Minister further disclosed that the Federal Government had taken steps to address the problem of congestion of inmate in the various prisons.

He said government had taken steps to build six new prisons across the six geopolitical zones in the country; each with the capacity to hold thirty thousand inmates.

Abdulrahman Danbazau also said plans are underway to recruit additional six thousand personnel to strengthen the capacity of the Nigeria Prisons Service.