The Kogi state government has confirmed the attack by some unknown gunmen at the Kabba correctional centre.
A statement signed by the Commissioner of Information and Communication, Kingsley Fanwo, on Monday reads partly, “We can confirm that some gunmen attacked the Kabba Custodial Centre but investigations are still on to clearly ascertain the number of inmates that escaped from the Centre. We also lost two security operatives. That is the number we have at the moment.
“The State Security Adviser, Commander Jerry Omodara (rtd) is currently at the Centre with the Kogi state Commissioner of Police and the Commander, Army Records, Lokoja. Security agencies have zeroed in to ensure those who escaped are rearrested as well as trail the masterminds of the attack.”
Two soldiers mounting road block before the kabba correctional centre were killed with one fatally injured when gunmen invaded the prison facility in the early hours of Monday and released over 100 prisoners.
The soldiers were said to have mounted a routine check point about 50 metres before the prison situated along Lokoja- Okebukun- Kabba- highway before the hoodlums came and rained bullets on them, then invaded the prison facility.