Gunmen armed with grenades and heavy
fire arms have freed about 124 inmates from the Federal Prison in Koton-Karfe,
Kogi State, Nigeria’s north central region last night, Channels Tv reports.
Residents of the state confirmed
they heard gunshots and explosions at about 10:00pm last night while the
operation was going on.
Reports say security operatives made
frantic attempts to repel the attack by some gunmen who attacked the prison,
but they were over powered.
This would be the second time gunmen
would be attacking the prison in the last two years.
In February 2012, suspected members
of the Boko Haram sect bombed their way into the prison before opening fire on
the wardens and emptying the jail of its 200 inmates. The attack in 2012 left
one warden dead.
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