The Police in Ebonyi state this morning prevented an attempted jailbreak
as Abakaliki prison inmates staged a riot inside the prison.
EGT quoted security sources as saying that at least two people, who
are believed to be prison officials were killed by inmates in the
fracas.
Another source said that police has blocked off all roads leading to
the correctional facility even as it fired shots at the inmates in a
battle to recover a firearm allegedly seized from one of the prison
officials.
The prison is located beside the police headquarters leading to prompt intervention from the police.
Already the Commander of Military cantonment and the commissioner of
Police have visited the area and are directing the operations to restore
sanity to the prison.
The Police spokesman George Okafor when contacted said the command was still working hard to resolve the crisis.
He, however, refused to confirm if anybody is dead or not.