BREAKING: JAIL BREAK IN BORNO AMID SEVERE FLOODING, INMATES ON THE RUN
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. Runaway convicts dangerous, may be armed, prison authorities warn
Massive flooding in Maiduguri, Borno State, which resulted from the failure of the Alau Dam, on Tuesday, led to a prison break with an unconfirmed number of inmates escaping from the city’s prison facility.
The rising water was said to have damaged the prison, leading to the breaching of security barriers and weakening of the structure, making it easier for inmates to escape from the facility.
Prison authorities have however confirmed that the runaway convicts are highly dangerous and may be armed, posing a heightened risk to public safety in the region already affected by insurgency.
Already, the authorities have launched a manhunt for escaping convicts.
Law enforcement agencies, it was learnt have been mobilising additional resources to recapture the inmates.
