| Published Tue, June 5th 2018 at 10:04, Updated June 5th 2018 at 10:09 GMT +3A prison services official said the number of prisoners at large could be higher. [Courtesy]At least 180 prisoners were at large after escaping from a jail in the Nigerian city of Minna during a raid on the facility, a minister and prison authority official said on Monday. Gunmen attacked a medium security prison in the city in the central Nigerian state of Niger on Sunday around 8:00 p.m. (1900 GMT). A prison services official said the number of prisoners at large could be higher. “Of the 219 that escaped, 30 have been re-arrested,” said Rabiu Shuaib, a spokesman for the Nigerian Prisons Service, which would mean 189 prisoners were still at large.

Source: Standard Digital June 05, 2018 07:07 UTC