[PHOTOS] Vehicles Burnt As Gunmen Attack Imo Prison, Police Command

No fewer than 2,000 inmates escaped on Monday morning in Owerri,
the Imo State capital when suspected hoodlums attacked the
Correctional Facility near the State Government House.

The hoodlums also attacked the Imo State Police Command
headquarters where they freed another 600 suspects in custody.

They set the police headquarters ablaze with dozens of vehicles
burnt in the process.

According to sources, the attack started around 1.30 am and
ended around 3.30 am without any resistance.

The source told our correspondent “Out of the more than 2,000
prisoners we have here, only eleven refused to run away with
others.

“I want to tell you that since I was born, I have never seen nor
heard these kind gunshots that I heard early this morning.

“Our happiness here is that there is no casualty. Those who have
gunshot wounds are receiving treatments in the hospital.’’

Amnesty International said over the weekend that Owerri
Correctional Centre had 2,156 inmates against its installed
capacity of 548 people.

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No fewer than 2,000 inmates escaped on Monday morning in Owerri,
the Imo State capital when suspected hoodlums attacked the
Correctional Facility near the State Government House.

The hoodlums also attacked the Imo State Police Command
headquarters where they freed another 600 suspects in custody.

They set the police headquarters ablaze with dozens of vehicles
burnt in the process.

According to sources, the attack started around 1.30 am and
ended around 3.30 am without any resistance.

The source told our correspondent “Out of the more than 2,000
prisoners we have here, only eleven refused to run away with
others.

“I want to tell you that since I was born, I have never seen nor
heard these kind gunshots that I heard early this morning.

“Our happiness here is that there is no casualty. Those who have
gunshot wounds are receiving treatments in the hospital.’’

Amnesty International said over the weekend that Owerri
Correctional Centre had 2,156 inmates against its installed
capacity of 548 people.

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