The police and the Army have launched a
manhunt for inmates of the Koton-Karfi Prison in Kogi State, who were
set free by gunmen suspected to be Boko Haram insurgents.
There
were about 145 inmates in the 80-year-old prison as of 10pm on Sunday
when the gunmen gained entry into the prison by blowing up its iron
bars with an improvised explosive device.
A male prison officer and an inmate were injured while another inmate was found dead after the attackers left.