Over 100 Inmates Escape From Prison As Torrential Rains Lash Nigeria

INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
central Nigerian Kogi State allowed more than a hundred inmates to escape from prison, a spokesman for the country's prison service said on
Tuesday.The "perimeter fence" of the prison was destroyed by rains and cells flooded, forcing inmates "to break out of custody for safety,"
Francis Enobore of the Nigerian Correctional Service said in a statement."A torrential downpour on Monday 28th October, 2019, caused a
surging flood that overran the centre at about 0200hrs (GMT) pulling down a section of the perimeter fence," he said,"122 of them took the
opportunity to escape, 105 remained on the spot," Enobore said, adding "25 of the escapees have been recaptured leaving 97 still at
rains have destroyed crops in the country's key agricultural belt, and forced tens of thousands of people to leave their homes, according to
downpour in recent days local news reports said.(Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by TheIndianSubcontinent staff and
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