Nigeria, May 8 -- Chairman of the Senate Committee on Interior, Adams Oshiomhole, has said rainstorms destroyed the Suleja Correctional Centre in Niger State because it was constructed with mud over 100 years ago.

Mr Oshiomhole disclosed this on Tuesday after a closed meeting with the Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, at the National Assembly complex in Abuja.

Some inmates escaped from the old Suleja Correctional Centre in Suleja after a rainstorm destroyed parts of the facility two weeks ago.

Mr Oshiomhole, who represents Edo North Senatorial District, said the inmates escaped after a rainstorm wreaked havoc on the walls of the prison facility.

"I know exactly that this particular prison was built in 1914. I think that was th...