Gunmen on Friday attacked a prison in Calabar, the Cross River State capital.
Though the identities of the gunmen were yet to be established as at press time, they were said to have freed the inmates of the prison.
The attack on the prison, monitored on popular and credible radio station, Rhythm FM, was carried out in the early hours of Friday.
Dreaded sect, Boko Haram, has been carrying out such prison attacks in recent times in Nigeria.
Though the insurgents are yet to strike in the South South part of Nigeria, the increasing battle of the sect with Cameroonian soldiers makes it a possibility that the members carried out the attack on the prison.
Nigeria, via Cross River, shares boundary with Cameroon.
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