Separatist group attacks Nigerian prison as more than 1,800 inmates escape
Nigerian police said it believes a banned group, the Indigenous People of Biafra, was responsible
06 April 2021 - 11:22
Yenagoa — More than 1,800 inmates escaped from a Nigeria prison in the southeastern city of Owerri after an attack by gunmen carrying rocket-propelled grenades, machine guns, explosives and rifles, the prisons authority said.
Nigerian police said it believed a banned separatist group, the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), was behind the attack, but a spokesperson for the group denied involvement...
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