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]
Incident
The incident was reported to have occurred on Sunday, 2 November 2014.[8] The attack was linked with Boko Haram, the Islamic insurgent group operating in northeastern Nigeria.[9] Alhaji Aminu Sule, the comptroller-general of the Nigerian Prisons Services, claimed that the prison break operation was successful as a result of poor funding of the prisons services[10] and that the prison cells had remained unchanged since the prison's establishment in 1934.[11]
