Ogun prison break

The Ogun prison break was an attack on the Sagamu minimum prison in the southwestern Nigerian city of Ogun State by the prisoners.[1] The attack occurred on 4 January 2013.[2] About 20 prisoners escaped from the prison leaving several prison officials and prisoners seriously injured with no death recorded.[3] About 4 escaped convicts were rearrested by the Armed Squad of the Prison Service.[4] It was reported that one escaped convict returned to the prison voluntarily to serve out his short sentence[5]

Ogun prison break
Part of Prison escape
LocationOgun State, Southwestern Nigeria
Date4 January 2013
TargetSagamu minimum Prison
Attack type
Prison break
Deaths0
Injuredat least 1
Perpetratorsprisoners
No. of participants
20
Defenders4

Incident

The incident was reported to have occurred on 4 January 2013 at around 3 am in the morning.[6] Zakari Ibrahim, the Comptroller General of the Nigerian Prisons Services who confirm the attack claimed that the cause of the prison break was unclear.[7] The incident resulted in the remover of Omobitan, the officer-in-charge of the facility from office for negligence of duty.[8]

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See also

References
  1. "Prisoners Subdue Warders, Break Jail in Ogun!". THE STREET JOURNAL. Retrieved 25 December 2014.
  2. Joseph1. "Prison Break at Sagamu". Retrieved 25 December 2014.
  3. "Jail Break: 20 Inmates Escape from Sagamu Prison, Articles – THISDAY LIVE". Retrieved 25 December 2014.
  4. "Jail break: 20 prisoners escape from Sagamu Prison - www.channelstv.com". Channels Television. Retrieved 25 December 2014.
  5. "20 prisoners escape in Ogun jailbreak; prison boss pledges discipline – Premium Times Nigeria". Premium Times Nigeria. Retrieved 25 December 2014.
  6. "20 inmates escape in attempted jailbreak at Sagamu prison". The Punch – Nigeria's Most Widely Read Newspaper. Retrieved 25 December 2014.
  7. "20 Prisoners Escape in Sagamu, Ogun State Prison". Media Nigeria. Retrieved 25 December 2014.
  8. "Sagamu jailbreak: Prisons sacks officer-in-charge". The Punch – Nigeria's Most Widely Read Newspaper. Retrieved 25 December 2014.
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