Ondo prison break

Ondo prison break
Part of Prison escape
Location Ondo State, Southwestern Nigeria
Date 30 June 2013
Target Olokuta Medium Security Prison
Attack type
 Prison break
Deaths 2
Non-fatal injuries
 1
Perpetrators Armed robbers
Number of participants
 175
Defenders 54


The Ondo prison break was an attack on the Olokuta Medium Security Prison in Akure, the capital of Ondo State, Nigeria,[1] by 50 unknown gunmen suspected to be armed robbers.[2][3] The attack occurred on 30 June 2013.[4] About 175 prisoners escaped from the prison leaving 2 people dead and 1 warder injured.[5] The escaped prisoners were largely awaiting trial for robbery.[6] About 54 escaped inmates were rearrested after the attack and about 121 inmates escaped.[7][8]

Incident

The incident was reported to have occurred on Sunday, 30 June 2013.[9] Tunde Olayiwola, the comptroller general of the Nigerian Prisons Services in ondo state, who confirmed the attack dispelled the claims that the unknown gunmen were members of the Boko haram, a terrorist group in the northeastern Nigeria.[10] The incident was linked with gangs of robbers arrested during a bank robbery in Akure, who had been kept in the prison for over one year without trial.[11][12]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Nigeria rearrests 49 prison inmates after jailbreak: official". Fox News.
  2. ↑ "Unknown Gunmen Stage Prison Break In Akure". Sahara Reporters.
  3. ↑ "Gunmen free 175 inmates in Nigeria prison break". Telegraph.co.uk. 30 June 2013.
  4. ↑ "Ondo Jail-Break: Police Re-arrest 54 FleeingPrisoners".
  5. ↑ "Ondo prison break pathetic - Mimiko - Vanguard News". Vanguard News.
  6. ↑ "Ondo prison inmate escapes, organises robbery in Lagos". The Punch - Nigeria's Most Widely Read Newspaper.
  7. ↑ admin_newswatch2. "Akure jailbreak: Heads may roll, as 54 inmates are re-arrested". Newswatch Times.
  8. ↑ "Nigeria recaptures 54 prisoners after jailbreak -Police - TVC NEWS".
  9. ↑ "Gunmen free 175 prisoners in Nigeria jailbreak".
  10. ↑ "Gunmen attack Olokuta prison in Ondo, free 175 inmates - Premium Times Nigeria". Premium Times Nigeria.
  11. ↑ "Ondo Jail Break: Police Re-Arrests 54 Prisoners". Channels Television.
  12. ↑ "Jailbreak: Gunmen Set Free 175 Inmates In Ondo - Nigerian News from Leadership Newspapers". Nigerian News from Leadership Newspapers.
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