Gunmen with dynamite freed atleast 50 inmates in a raid at Kogi state prison.

#UPDATE Gunmen armed with dynamite free at least 50 inmates in a raid on a prison in central Nigeria's Kogi state http://t.co/9ObYXVIoBa
— Agence France-Presse (@AFP) November 3, 2014

#BREAKING Gunmen free at least 50 inmates in central Nigeria prison raid: police
— Agence France-Presse (@AFP) November 3, 2014

Gunmen with dynamite on Sunday Nov 2, freed at least 50 inmates in a raid on the Koton Karfi prison in Kogi state. A police spokesman Emmanuel Ojukwu told AFP that at least 50 inmates escaped while some have been arrested. "They blew up the thing with dynamite. . Up to 50 inmates escaped," but added that some have been re-arrested. AFP reports. Ojukwu said the raid was not linked to the five-year Islamist uprising, blaming it instead on "criminal activity,” AFP reports


Boko Haram  attacked the same prison in February 2012 freeing more than 100 inmates.