[Osun Defender] Boko Haram: Panic!!! As 143 inmates were freed in Kogi Prison invasion, Read details

Boko Haram: Panic!!! As 143 inmates were freed in Kogi Prison invasion, Read details…

The police and the Army have launched a manhunt for inmates of the Koton-Karfi Prison in Kogi State, who were set free by gunmen suspected to be Boko Haram insurgents. There were about 145 inmates in the 80-year-old prison as of 10pm on Sunday when the gunmen gained entry into the prison by blowing up […]
There were about 145 inmates in the 80-year-old prison as of 10pm on Sunday when the gunmen gained entry into the prison by blowing up its iron bars with an improvised explosive device.

A male prison officer and an inmate were injured while another inmate was found dead after the attackers left.

Twelve of those who fled were said to have returned to the prison under controversial circumstances.

A prison source told one of our correspondents on Monday that the 12 returned of their own volition but the Nigeria Prisons Service Public Relations Officer, Ope Fatinikun, said they were captured.

Source: Boko Haram: Panic!!! As 143 inmates were freed in Kogi Prison invasion, Read details…

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