Ekiti prison break

Ekiti prison break
Location Ekiti State, southwestern Nigeria
Date 30 November 2014
Target Ekiti federal prison
Attack type
 Prison break
Deaths 1
Non-fatal injuries
 0
Perpetrators Unknown gunmen
Number of participants
 60
Defenders 341 prisoners escaped

The Ekiti prison break was an attack on the federal prison at Afako road, Ado Ekiti in the southwestern Nigerian city of Ekiti State by 60 unknown gunmen.[1] The attack occurred on 30 November 2014.[2] 341 prisoners escaped from the prison leaving 1 warder and 20 sniffer dogs dead.[3][4] The escaped prisoners were largely awaiting trial.[5] 10 inmates who attempted to escaped was captured during the attack at gunfire exchange between the policemen and the gunmen.[6] 67 inmates were rearrested after the attack and 274 inmates escaped.[7] One inmate, who claimed to have run away when he heard gunshots, returned to the prison to serve out his short sentence.[8]

Incident

The incident was reported to have occurred on Sunday, 30 November 2014.[9] Kehinde Fadipe, the comptroller general of the Nigerian Prisons Services, refuted the claims that the unknown gunmen were members of the Boko Haram,[10] an Islamic sect in northeastern Nigeria, on the basis of the fact that none of their members was awaiting trial in that prison.[11][12][13] On 1 December 2014, Ekiti State executive governor Ayodele Fayose accused prison officials of conspiring with the unknown gunmen to launch the attack.[14]

Reactions

Initially the attack was linked with the Oduduwa People's Congress, alleged to be an attempt to unlawfully release Adeniyi Adedipe, the coordinator of the Oodua Peoples Congress in Ekiti State Chapter, who had been awaiting a trial.[15][16] Adedipe was convicted of the murder of a former state chairman of the National Union of Road Transport Workers, Chief Omolafe Aderiye.[17] This generated a lot of reactions and controversies across the state, especially between the Peoples's Democratic Party, PDP[18] and the opposition party, the All Progressive Congress, APC,[19] but the claim that OPC was responsible for the attack was annulled because Fadipe never escaped as earlier alleged.[20][21][22] The jail break was attributed to the poor funding of the Nigerian Prisons Services by the federal government of Nigeria, inadequate prison personnel and poor prison facilities.[23]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "EKITI JAILBREAK: FG sets up probe panel". Vanguard News. Retrieved 24 December 2014.
  2. ↑ Sam Nwaoko - Ado-Ekiti. "Mayhem as gunmen invade Ekiti prison, free inmates". Retrieved 24 December 2014.
  3. ↑ "Gunmen invade Ekiti prison, kill warder, 20 dogs". thenigerianvoice.com. Retrieved 24 December 2014.
  4. ↑ Yinka Olugbade. "Jailbreak In Ekiti, Over 100 Inmates Escape, 1 Warder Killed". Nigerian Current. Retrieved 24 December 2014.
  5. ↑ "1 Killed As Suspected Boko Haram Members Attack Ekiti - Nigerian News from Leadership Newspapers". Nigerian News from Leadership Newspapers. Retrieved 24 December 2014.
  6. ↑ "Ekiti jailbreak: 67 prison inmates re-arrested". DailyPost Nigeria. Retrieved 24 December 2014.
  7. ↑ Akinlolu Oluwamuyiwa. "Guardian News Website - ‘274 inmates still missing after Ado-Ekiti jailbreak’". Retrieved 24 December 2014.
  8. ↑ "Gunmen attack Ekiti prison, kill warder, 20 dogs". The Punch - Nigeria's Most Widely Read Newspaper. Retrieved 24 December 2014.
  9. ↑ "Kidnap, jailbreak: Nightmares in Ado-Ekiti « Nigeria pilot". Retrieved 24 December 2014.
  10. ↑ Akinlolu Oluwamuyiwa. "Guardian News Website - Blast rocks Ado Ekiti prison". Retrieved 24 December 2014.
  11. ↑ "Are Recent Prison Breaks in Nigeria Part of a Southward Expansion by Boko Haram?". IPI Global Observatory. Retrieved 24 December 2014.
  12. ↑ "Possible Boko Haram Gunmen Free More Than 200 Inmates In Nigeria Jailbreak". The Huffington Post. Retrieved 24 December 2014.
  13. ↑ "More than 200 freed in Nigeria mass jailbreak". Retrieved 24 December 2014.
  14. ↑ "Governor Fayose Says Prison Officials Conspired With Inmates In Ekiti Prison Break". Channels Television. Retrieved 24 December 2014.
  15. ↑ "Prison Break In Ekiti As Gunmen Invade Ado Detention, All Prisoners ‘Reportedly’ Freed". NewsWireNGR. Retrieved 24 December 2014.
  16. ↑ "EKITI JAIL BREAK: APC accuses Fayose of complicity - Vanguard News". Vanguard News. Retrieved 24 December 2014.
  17. ↑ "APC Accuses Fayose Of Complicity In Ado Ekiti Jail Break - Nigerian News from Leadership Newspapers". Nigerian News from Leadership Newspapers. Retrieved 24 December 2014.
  18. ↑ "EKITI JAIL BREAK: APC accuses Fayose of complicity". Retrieved 24 December 2014.
  19. ↑ http://thestreetjournal.org/2014/12/blame-fayose-for-jailbreak-insecurity-in-ekiti-says-apc/
  20. ↑ "Ekiti prison attack an inside job – Fayose". The Punch - Nigeria's Most Widely Read Newspaper. Retrieved 24 December 2014.
  21. ↑ "Jailbreak: APC faults Fayose’s aide on police report". Daily Independent, Nigerian Newspaper. Retrieved 24 December 2014.
  22. ↑ "Metro - Ekiti Jailbreak: Escaped Prisoners Now Dining With Fayose in Govt. House?". Nigerian Bulletin - Trending News & Updates. Retrieved 24 December 2014.
  23. ↑ "Re-instate ‘sacked’ prisons officials". Vanguard News. Retrieved 24 December 2014.
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