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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