Ekwulobia Prison
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Background
Ekwulobia Prison is a federal medium security prison sited closely to the former vice President Alex Ekwueme's Oko Community in Aguata Local Government Area of Anambra State, Nigeria. The prison which was the only infrastructure given to the Ekwulobia community during the Shagari era in the second republic, has an operational housing capacity of 85 inmates. The facility was opened in 2010 and initially had 25 prisoners. The capacity of the prison is 80 persons and the prison had about 204 inmates as of 2019. It was also made known that 165 persons were registered as awaiting trial inmates.
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Capacity
85
Current population
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Occupancy
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Year opened
2010
Operational
Figures from official sources · verified 22 May 2026 · methodology
Facility profile
Operator
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Population held
Mixed/unknown
Opened
2010
Region
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Security level
Medium
Death-row facility
No
Conditions
No conditions summary available yet.
Visiting
No visiting information available.
Mailing
No mailing information available.
Practical info
Contact the operator's website for inmate-specific procedures.
Known issues
No major issues documented in our database.
Contact & address
No public contact details available.
Conditions Risk Score
Derived signal — not a judgement. How it's calculated
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Compared to other facilities in Nigeria
406 peersData completeness
24%How many of our profile fields are populated. We surface this so families and researchers know the limits.
Sources
- Wikipedia — Wikimedia Foundation
- Wikidata — Wikimedia Foundation
- Wikidata (Q20647201)
- Wikipedia
- See /data-sources for our overall methodology.
Cite this page
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World Prisons. (2026). Ekwulobia Prison. Retrieved October 23, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/ekwulobia-prison
"Ekwulobia Prison." World Prisons. Accessed October 23, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/ekwulobia-prison.
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title = {Ekwulobia Prison},
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urldate = {2026-10-23}
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