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At least 118 inmates escaped from prison after heavy rains on Wednesday night damaged the facility in Suleja near the Nigerian capital, a prison service spokesperson said. Service agents were ...
A prison break is an unlawful act under Nigerian law involving a prisoner escaping or forcing their way out of a prison. [1] [2] Prison breaks in Nigeria are also often the result of attacks on the Nigerian Correctional Service facilities by terrorist groups, including Boko Haram, or armed robbers, leading to the release of inmates. [3]
Kuje prison is one of the largest prisons in Abuja, and in the months leading up to the attack, over 5,000 prisoners had been released in prison breaks orchestrated by various militant groups. [1]
The Kogi prison break was an attack on Koto-Karffi Federal Medium Security Prisons in Kogi State, in north-central Nigeria by unknown gunmen suspected to be members of the terrorist group, Boko Haram. [1] The attack occurred on 2 November 2014. [2] About 144 prisoners escaped from the prison; 1 inmate was shot and killed during the attack. [3]
A United Methodist church member was shot and killed in a confrontation between both factions in Taraba, a state in […]
KADUNA, Nigeria (Reuters) -Esther Joseph said she went "almost mad" with anguish when her 13-year-old daughter Precious Sim was kidnapped from a northern Nigeria high school along with other ...
Security forces fire tear gas as anti-government protests break out across Nigeria BY CHINEDU ASADU AND TAIWO ADEBAYO Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Thousands of mostly young people poured onto the streets across Nigeria on Thursday as they protested against the country’s worst cost-of-living crisis in a generation .
The incident was reported to have occurred on Saturday, 6 December 2014, about a week after the Ekiti prison break. [6] The unknown gunmen, suspected to be armed robbers freed 270 inmates and also looted weapons and bullet-proof vest of the Nigerian Prisons Services. [7]