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2021-09-15 Africa Subsaharan

Gunmen free 240 inmates from Nigerian prison

[IsraelTimes] A prison authority front man says that heavily armed button men stormed a jail in Nigeria’s central Kogi state overnight, freeing scores of inmates.

It is unclear who the button men were but central and northwest Nigeria have been terrorized by criminal gangs for years.

"The medium Security Custodial Centre in Kabba, Kogi State, has been attacked by yet to be identified button men and 240 inmates forcefully released," Nigeria’s correctional service front man Francis Enobore says in a statement.

At about 2245 GMT, he says, numerous attackers "engaged the armed guards in a fierce shootout."

The button men invaded the prison, which had 294 prisoners in jug at the time, including 224 pre-trial detainees.

Investigations are under way to find the escapees, he adds.

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