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The Nigerian government said on Thursday that over 3,000 inmates are yet to be recaptured following recent jailbreaks in the most populous African country.A total of 4,860 inmates had escaped during attacks on the country's custodial centers since last year, and only 984 of them have been rearrested so far, with 3,876 inmates still at large, Minister of Interior Rauf Aregbesola told reporters here.To aid the active tracking of the fleeing inmates, the minister said the government had taken the biometrics of all inmates in the country, hoping this will be useful for their recapture.In recent months, there have been a series of gunmen attacks across Nigeria, including attacks on security facilities like police stations and custodial centers.On October 22, 837 inmates awaiting trial escaped from the Medium Security Custodial Center in the Abolongo area of the southwestern state of Oyo following an attack on the center, according to a statement by the Nigerian Correctional Service.Aregbesola said on Thursday that Nigeria currently has a total of 69,680 inmates, with 50,223 still awaiting trials. (ANI/Xinhua)( With inputs from ANI )Disclaimer: This post has been auto-published from an agency feed without any modifications to the text and has not been reviewed by an editor

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