Gunmen armed with grenades and heavy fire arms have freed about 124 inmates from the Nigeria Federal Prison in Koton-Karfe, Kogi State.
Residents of the state said that they heard gunshots and explosions at about 10pm on Sunday.
Reports had it that security operatives made frantic attempts to repel the attack.
This would be the second time that 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.
That attack in 2012 left one warden dead.
Channels Television.
Trending
- Traditional ruler shot dead inside palace
- Primate Ayodele to Yoruba Nation agitators: You can’t break Nigeria
- Police intercept bags of Indian Hemp at Lagos jetty
- Enugu, families to give Ibu, Junior Pope befitting burial
- Police arrest suspects for attempting to disrupt inauguration of commissioners
- Police rescue three children locked up by grandmother + Photo
- Police foil attack in Katsina, neutralise suspected bandit
- US vetoes Palestine’s request for full UN membership