Unknown gunmen last Sunday night attacked the Minna
medium security prison in the Niger State capital, freeing not less than 20
inmates.
The gunmen were reported to have attacked the
prison from its southern part hiding under the cover of darkness.
It was learnt that they came in their numbers in an
army colour pickup van and shot sporadically into the air while other gunmen
scaled the fence to set the inmates free.
The incident occurred at about 9.00p.m. when it was
about to rain.
So far, two people, one of them a prison official
and the other, a commercial motorcyclists, who must have conveyed the official
to the prison have been confirmed killed.
It was said the gunmen who caught the prison
officials napping, took away several people in the pickup van they came in.
When journalists inquired from residents of the area,
they said the shooting lasted for about 45 minutes and that some inmates
escaped with gunshot injuries.
Some inmates however remained within the prison
despite their freedom by the gunmen.
Niger State Police Public Relations Officer, ASP
Mohammed Abubakar, when contacted, confirmed the incident, describing it as
"a jail break."
He said: “For
further details, please contact the Prison PRO."
Effort to get the Prison PRO as at 8a.m. yesterday was
abortive as his cell phone was not connecting to network.
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