The Comptroller-General of the Ghana Immigration Service, GIS, has issued a notice to all Regional and Sector Commanders, over the recent jailbreak in Nigeria.
A statement signed by the Deputy Comptroller-General-in-charge of Operations, Laud Ofori Affrifah, said the jailbreak on Wednesday, July 6 at the Kuje Maximum Security Prison in Abuja, was reportedly masterminded by the Boko Haram militant group.
It said the perpetrators freed all 64 inmates who have links with the extremist group.
According to the statement, official reports indicate that 443 out of 879 inmates broke jail.
It noted that current migration trends of Nigerians within the sub-region show, that it is likely most of the escapees will attempt to enter Ghana through both approved and unapproved routes.
The Comptroller-General of the Ghana Immigration Service, has thus instructed that stringent measures are instituted at all Points of Entry and patrols intensified, to deter and intercept all escapees who will attempt to infiltrate the country.
