BREAKING: Plateau Correctional Centre Under Heavy Attack

Gunmen attacked the Correctional Centre in Jos, Plateau State on Sunday afternoon, 29 November.

The gunmen who stormed the prison with sophisticated weapons were said to have arrived at the Center at about 1720hrs and immediately made for the main gate where they engaged the armed squad personnel in a gun battle before breaking into the prison yard.

Reports revealed that some prisoners escaped, while some of their liberators lost their lives and most of them are trapped in Correctional Centre by joint security operation of the Operation Safe Haven, which surrounded the prison and its environs.

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Sources from the prison said the attackers succeeded in freeing some of the inmates and have lost their lives in the process while most of them are trapped with no exit routes; and have ran out of ammunition leading to cease fire on their side.

A source also said that one of the escapees or attackers was beaten to a pulp in Jenta Adamu, Jos.

Meanwhile, investigation began after the gun fight ended.