Palpable fear has gripped Delta State following the invasion of
Warri this morning by gunmen who killed at least four officials of the Nigeria
Prisons Service.
It was gathered that the bloody incident took place at about nine o’clock in the morning when the vehicles in which the prison warders were conveying some of the prison inmates to court was attacked at the Okere Roundabout in Warri. Click to see more photos and read more. Viewers discretion is advised please.
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Sources said that four of the prisons officials were killed on the
spot when the gunmen suddenly opened fire on their vehicle. Three other
officials were said to be lying critically hurt in an undisclosed hospital in
the area following gunshot wounds they received during their gun battle with
the attackers.
The armed gang were said to have operated with two vehicles which
they parked at the ever-busy roundabout unknown to the prison officials. But
three of the prison inmates who fled with the attackers after the encounter had
been re-arrested by the police and handed over to the Prisons Department in
Warri.
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