Five inmates and two officers of the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCS) sustained injuries on Friday during a foiled jailbreak in Bauchi State.
The spokesperson for Bauchi Command of the NCS Abubakar Algwallary confirmed the incident.
Explaining how the incident happened, Algwallary said the chaos was triggered during a protest by aggrieved inmates who were protesting the trial of an NCS officer found to be snuggling ‘prohibited’ substances to inmates.
According to Algwallary, during the protest, some inmates from the ‘southern part of the country,’ who were aware of the happenings in Imo State, teamed up to replicate the same in Bauchi under the guise of protest.
“It was as a result of what happened in Imo State where some gunmen broke the prison and got away with some inmates from there. We have some conspirers from the South and they are serving their sentences here.
“Hearing what happened down south, they wanted to experience the same thing here in Bauchi. We thank God the issue has been quenched,” Algwallary said.
