The state
Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, Wole Ogodo, disclosed this yesterday
while speaking with journalists on efforts of the command in arresting inmates
set free by the gunmen in the early hours of Sunday.
Ogodo
said the police were working in conjunction with other security agents in the
state to make sure that all the prisoners who escaped were brought back to the
prison. The PPRO, however, denied reports that 10 travellers were killed during
the attack.
He said:
“The publication is complete misrepresentation of facts of the incident as no
such was recorded during the jailbreak or the attack on the prisons. But it was
mainly aimed at liberating some members of their gang who were in prison
custody.
“No death
was recorded whether on the side of the security agents, inmates or any
travellers. Members of the press are hereby advised to crosscheck their
information before publication.”
Gunmen
numbering about 30 had on Sunday invaded the Olokuta Medium Security Prison in
Akure and set about 175 inmates free. The attackers arrived at the prison about
12:05am and started shooting sporadically into the air to scare away some of
the prison officials on duty.
The
gunmen gained entrance into the prison by breaking the key leading to the
prison and attempted to blow off the main entrance which was unsuccessful
before they blew off the wall leading into the cells and shot an officer of the
prison who was on duty.
The
police, however, said the incident had nothing to do with terrorism and called
on the people to continue with their normal duties
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