Kogi prison break | |
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Part of Boko Haram insurgency | |
Location | Kogi State, North-central Nigeria |
Date | 2 November 2014 |
Attack type | Prison break |
Deaths | 1 |
Injured | 0 |
Perpetrators | Boko Haram |
No. of participants | Unknown |
Defenders | 144 prisoners escaped |
The Kogi prison break was an attack on Koto-Karffi Federal Medium Security Prisons in Kogi State, in north-central Nigeria by unknown gunmen suspected to be members of the terrorist group, Boko Haram.[1] The attack occurred on 2 November 2014.[2] About 144 prisoners escaped from the prison; 1 inmate was shot and killed during the attack.[3] The escaped prisoners were largely awaiting trial for robbery.[4] Twelve inmates returned to the prison to serve out their sentences[5] and about 45 escaped prisoners were recaptured altogether.[6][7]