Gunmen: Attack on Afokang Prison in Calabar

There was a report yesterday that Gunmen allegedly attacked the Afokang prison in Calabar, Cross River State capital, ostensibly to free some of the inmates.
The attack was however repelled by a combined team of prison guards and soldiers, who were quickly drafted to the prison to ward off the attempt.
The Comptroller of Prisons in Cross River, Mr Clement Udosen, has confirmed that some inmates at Afokang Prison in Calabar South Local Government Area, on Friday attempted jail break.
He said: “By 11 o’clock this morning, I was in my office in the headquarters when the DC in charge of this prison called me that there was serious problem in the yard I rushed down.
“When I got to the prison, the whole place was filled with security agents with rifles who came to assist us.
“Inmates in two cells with about 70 inmates in each cell overpowered some prison staff and rushed to the armory, seized rifles and opened fire on our staff.
“ They broke other cells and the whole yard was filled with inmates who carried what they could get to break the prison fence.
“Luckily they have all been rounded up and nobody has escaped.
“A lot of people were injured and one staff had been rushed to the hospital.
“Right now doctors with their team are treating those who sustained injuries.’’- He said.