Unknown gunmen on Monday morning, 5th April 2021, around 1am till 3am attacked the Owerri Correctional Prison in the Imo State capital and freed over 1500 inmates.
According to reports, the attackers also set the Imo State Police Command headquarters situated in Owerri and almost all the vehicles parked at the command headquarters ablaze before freeing the suspects in almost all the cells at the State Criminal Investigation Department of the command.
It was also learnt that they sang solidarity songs at the Government House Roundabout for about 30 minutes before attacking the facilities.
On breaking into the prison facility with the aid of explosives and dynamite, the attackers told the inmates, “Go home, Jesus has risen. You have no reason to be here.”
This attack was confirmed by the police spokesperson in the state, Orlando Ikeokwu.
He, however, assured the people of the state that the security agencies were on top of the matter.
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