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The attack was said to have happened in the early hours of Monday.
There was said to have been heavy gunfire during the attack.
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The number of inmates released from the facility is yet unknown.
The police command and some vehicles parked in the vicinity were set ablaze by the gunmen.
TheCable reached Ikeokwu Orlando, the police command spokesman, for comment on the incident, but he only said, ”I will get back to you”.
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However, an official source said the attacks were carried out by members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) using dynamites, heavy explosives, and AK-47 rifles.
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The attack on inmates and releasing of inmates in prisons that was only limited to police stations and prisons in Akwa Ibom, Edo, Anambra and Abia States has now been extended to Imo State as armed men in the early hours of Monday, 1.00am to be precise, invaded Owerri Prisons, using dynamites and other heavy explosives to gain entrance and release some inmates in the prison.
The hoodlums suspected to be members of the outlawed IPOB/ESN members also attacked the Police State Headquarters Owerri while firing consistently with AK 47 rifles and explosives. They released some suspects detained in the SCID cell and put fire on so many vehicles parked at the Headquarter premises including the SCID office building.
Gunmen Monday morning attacked correctional facility in Owerri, the Imo State capital, and freed inmates. The Imo State Police Command headquarters and SCID building situated in the state capital were also attacked in the early morning raid, which a security source said started around 1 am. Although the police said “some inmates” were freed, a […]
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