Not fewer than 29 inmates detained at the Central Police Station (CPS) in Umuahia, Abia State have escaped.
The suspects were said to have fled Saturday night.
Twenty of them have been rearrested, while nine are yet to be apprehended by the searching police team..
It was gathered that the suspects fled after overpowering the cell guard.
Police spokesman Geoffrey Ogbonna confirmed the incident, urging members of the public to report to the nearest police station should the see the escapees.
