The Current State Of Oyo Correctional Facility After The Attack By Gunmen (Photos)

The Current State Of Oyo Correctional Facility After The Attack By Gunmen (Photos)

The Nigeria Correctional Service, Oyo State Command, says 837 awaiting trial inmates escaped from the Abolongo Correctional Centre in Oyo Town, when suspected gunmen attacked the facility.

The command spokesman, Olanrewaju Anjorin, made this known in a statement on Saturday in Ibadan.

The News Agency of Nigeria recalls that suspected gunmen invaded the facility on Friday at about 9.30 p.m after they used dynamite to blast the wall.

Mr Anjorin said all the 837 awaiting trial inmates were freed by the attackers, pointing out that the cell housing the convicts and the inmates were not breached.

He said that a total of 262 escaped inmates had been recaptured, while 575 were still at large.

Below are photos of what is left of the facility after the attack: