Gunmen attack Federal Prison in Ekiti, kills official, 20 security dogs

Gunmen reportedly stormed the Federal Prison in Ado-Ekiti, the Ekiti State capital on Sunday night, killing a prison official and over 20 security dogs dead.

Punch quotes sources as saying that “the gunmen numbering about 60 stormed the prison in Hilux trucks with dangerous weapons, such as cudgels, cutlasses, AK 47 rifles and charms”

The report states further:

It was learnt that as soon as the gunmen arrived the Prison, they first detonated a bomb after which they engaged in sporadic shootings that lasted more than 30 minutes.

There were insinuations that the attack was staged to set free a murder suspect, Mr. Adeniyi Adedipe, who is facing criminal charges over the murder of a former state chairman of National Union of Road Transport Workers, Chief Omolafe Aderiye.

Adedipe is a former coordinator of Oodua Peoples Congress in the state.

As of the time of filing this story, journalists were not allowed into the premises of the prison. 

There were blood stains on the road leading to the prison.

A source said the attackers were chanting ‘Allahu Akbar, Allahu Akbar’ during the attack on the prison where some inmates were set free.