nigerian authorities say at least 1800 inmates have escaped from a prison in the town of owerri. prison authorities say heavily armed attackers stormed the facility in the middle of the night and used explosives to breach walls and doors. six prisoners have returned to the jail — 35 apparently refused to escape. here's our nigeria correspondent, mayenijones. nigerian correctional service released a statement not too long ago, saying with more detail on what happened in this easter monday morning that a lot of people around owerri in nigeria were resting after easter sunday. they say that gunmen stormed this correctional facility in owerri, that they use explosives to open the front gates to blast the administrative block, and they were able to release over 1,800 prisoners, so it's a significant attack by any stretch. the police say they believe the attack was carried out by the indigenous people of the area. a separatist organisation which is banned in nigeria, but they have reportedly denied this according to local media reports. prison breaks are fairly regular in nigeria. th

nigerian authorities say at least 1,800 inmates have escaped from a prison in the town of owerri. prison authorities say heavily armed attackers stormed the facility in the middle of the night and used explosives to breach walls and doors. six prisoners have returned to the jail — 35 apparently refused to escape. here's our nigeria correspondent, mayenijones. nigerian correctional service released a statement not too long ago, saying with more detail on what happened in this easter monday morning that a lot of people around owerri in nigeria were resting after easter sunday. they say that gunmen stormed this correctional facility in owerri, that they use explosives to open the front gates to blast the administrative block, and they were able to release over 1,800 prisoners, so it's a significant attack by any stretch. the police say they believe the attack was carried out by the indigenous people of the area. a separatist organisation which is banned in nigeria, but they have reportedly denied this according to local media reports. prison breaks are fairly regular in nigeria. th

it's unclear how many inmates escaped but according to the rights group amnesty international, owerri prison houses over 2000 prisoners. our nigeria correspondent, mayenijones, told us more. nigerian correctional service... released a statement not too long ago, saying with more detail on what happened in this easter monday morning but a lot of people around nigeria were resting after easter sunday. they say that gunmen stormed this correctional facility in owerri, that they use explosives to open the front gates to blast the administrative block, and they were able to release over a 1800 prisoners, so it's a significant attack. the police say they believe the attack was carried out by the indigenous people of... an organisation which is banned in nigeria, but they have reportedly denied this, according to local media reports. prison breaks are fairly regular in nigeria. they happened, your listeners might remember, during the sars protest in october. what was significant about this attack is over the last few months, there's been a wave of attacks against the police, all across south

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