Ondo prison break

Ondo prison break
Part of Prison escape
Location	Ondo State, Southwestern Nigeria
Date	30 June 2013
Target	Olokuta Medium Security Prison
Attack type	Prison break
Deaths	2
Non-fatal injuries	1
Perpetrators	Armed robbers
Number of participants	175
Defenders	54

The Ondo prison break was an attack on the Olokuta Medium Security Prison in Akure, the capital of Ondo State, Nigeria,^[1] by 50 unknown gunmen suspected to be armed robbers.^[2][3] The attack occurred on 30 June 2013.^[4] About 175 prisoners escaped from the prison leaving 2 people dead and 1 warder injured.^[5] The escaped prisoners were largely awaiting trial for robbery.^[6] About 54 escaped inmates were rearrested after the attack and about 121 inmates escaped.^[7][8]

Incident

The incident was reported to have occurred on Sunday, 30 June 2013.^[9] Tunde Olayiwola, the comptroller general of the Nigerian Prisons Services in ondo state, who confirmed the attack dispelled the claims that the unknown gunmen were members of the Boko Haram, a terrorist group in the northeastern Nigeria.^[10] The incident was linked with gangs of robbers arrested during a bank robbery in Akure, who had been kept in the prison for over one year without trial.^[11][12]

See also

• Lagos prison break

References