The president, while reacting to the attack via a release by his media assistant, Garba Shehu, condemned the deadly insurgent attack, and also described it as an act of terrorism. PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has directed all security and intelligence agencies to ensure the arrest and prosecution of all the perpetrators of the deadly attacks on both the Imo Police Command headquarters and the Correctional Facility in Owerri. Security operatives in Enugu State last week had their encounter with the gunmen. It was gathered that the soldiers at the checkpoint quickly withdrew as the attack intensified after the attackers set ablaze a military logistics and a shelter facility serving the checkpoint. They eventually detonated the explosive to gain entrance. “They were said to have arrived the centre in their large number in several Hilux pick-up vans and Sienna buses armed with sophisticated weapons and immediately engaged the security personnel on duty in a fierce gun battle. “gained entrance into the yard by using explosives to blast the administrative block and forcefully released a total of 1,844 inmates in custody.”Įnobore explained that as at last count, six inmates voluntarily returned to the facility while 35 inmates refused to escape. Public Relations Officer of the Service, Francis Enobore, in a statement in Abuja, said the attackers, around 2:15 a.m.
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The Nigerian Correctional Service confirmed that 1,844 inmates were set free during the attack on its facility. He said: “Many of the inmates have returned on their own. Though movements around the facility were restricted with scores of soldiers deployed to the area, a source from the prison disclosed to The Guardian that around 5:00 p.m., some of the inmates returned to the centre. The Guardian gathered that a sizeable number of the inmates who fled during the prison break earlier in the day have returned. Also, the Imo State Command of the Nigeria Correctional Service confirmed the attack on its facility. When contacted, the Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Orlando Ikeokwu, confirmed the attacks. They exchanged heavy gunshots for over two hours. Those people who invaded the prisons were well armed. A resident, simply identified as Paul, said: “I was so terrified. You have no reason to be here.”Īccording to residents of Ikenegbu Layout, Okigwe Road axis of the Correctional Service, Wethdral, there was heavy exchange of gunfire, which was followed by bomb explosion. On breaking into the prison facility with the aid of explosives and dynamite, the attackers told the inmates: “Go home, Jesus has risen. during which they sang solidarity songs at the Government House roundabout for about 30 minutes before attacking the facilities. They were said to have operated from 1:00 a.m. Sources disclosed that after the bandits invaded the command, they also freed scores of detainees. No fewer than 50 cars were set ablaze in the process. The gunmen also razed the Imo State Police Command headquarters and burnt almost all the vehicles parked at the command’s headquarters. His lifeless body was seen on the ground in front of the correctional centre located near the Government House, along Okigwe Road. The spate of coordinated attacks by suspected separatist fighters against security forces in the Southeast continued yesterday as unknown gunmen in the early hours of Monday attacked the Nigerian Correctional Services and the police headquarters in Imo State, freeing 1,844 inmates, after which the hoodlums set the facilities ablaze.ĭuring the attack, one person suspected to be a fleeing inmate was hit by a bullet while carrying his travel bag.
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