Non-fatal injuries 0 No. of participants Unknown Date 2 November 2014 Attack type Prison escape | Defenders 144 prisoners escaped Number of deaths 1 | |
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Similar 2014 Gombe bus station bo, Gwoza massacre, 2011 Abuja United Nations b, 2014 Jos bombings, 2014 Kano bombing | ||
Kogi prison break gunmen free 145 inmates
The Kogi prison break was an attack on Koto-Karffi Federal Medium Security Prisons in Kogi State, in north-central Nigeria by unknown gunmen suspected to be members of the terrorist group, boko haram. The attack occurred on 2 November 2014. About 144 prisoners escaped from the prison leaving 1 inmate dead at gun shot during the attack. It was reported that the escaped prisoners were largely awaiting trial for robbery. Twelve inmates returned to the prison to serve out their short sentence and about 45 escaped prisoners were recaptured altogether.
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- Kogi prison break gunmen free 145 inmates
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Kogi prison break moro threatens to terminate new facility contract
Incident
The incident was reported to have occurred on Sunday, 2 November 2014. The attack was linked with boko haram, the Islamic insurgents in the northeastern Nigeria. The comptroller-general of the Nigerian Prisons Services, Alhaji Aminu Sule claimed that the prison break operation was successful as a result of poor funding of the Nigerian Prisons Services, that the prison cells were still the same old building since the prison's establishment in 1934.