invasion of Warri this morning by gunmen who
killed at least four officials of the Nigeria Prisons Service.
According to the source, it was said that the
incident took place at about nine o'clock in the
morning when the vehicles in which the prison
warders were conveying some of the prison
inmates to court was attacked at the Okere
Roundabout in Warri.
Sources said that four of the prisons officials were killed on the spot when the gunmen suddenly opened fire on their vehicle. Three other officials were said to be lying critically hurt in an undisclosed hospital in the area following gunshot wounds they received during their gun battle with the attackers.
The armed gang were said to have operated with two vehicles which they parked at the ever-busy roundabout unknown to the prison officials.
Police authorities, confirming the report, said that the gunmen laid an ambush for the court-bound van. They further stated that three of the prison inmates who fled with the attackers after the encounter had been re-arrested by the police and handed over to the Prisons Department in Warri.
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