PRISON BREAK IN OWERRI CORRECTIONAL CENTER

 

News reaching us indicates that there has been a jail break at Owerri Prison ( Correctional Center) at the early hours of today 5th of April 2021. The Owerri prisons was attack together with the State CID which shares a fence with the prison. This attacks were made by unidentified gunmen in the early hours of the day.

The town is in disarray as the Police around the state are looking for escaped inmates. An estimate of more than 1,000 inmates escaped after the chaos. 

 Indiscriminate arrests are reportedly going on around the city capital Owerri as some Correctional Officers were believed to be killed as there was reports of exchange shots of fire arms.

Stay tuned for more details.

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