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Faith Nyasuguta
Nigerian officials have revealed that some 252 inmates are on the run after gunmen ambushed a prison in the central city of Jos.
During a Sunday raid, some nine detainees, one prison staffer and one of the gunmen were murdered, the Correctional Service said via a statement.
So far, about 10 inmates who fled have been rearrested.
The ambushed prison is in the heart of an area housing the state headquarters of the country’s security agencies, including the police.
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The attackers who stormed the prison at about 5:20pm on Sunday had engaged the armed squad of the Nigeria Prisons Service (NPS) in a fierce gun battle before breaking into the yard.
Officials said that armed groups, which sometimes try to free their detained members – have frequently aimed at Nigeria’s crowded prisons.
In recent weeks, about 900 inmates were set free after gunmen raided two other facilities.
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