More than 100 inmates escape after rain damages Nigerian prison

More than 100 inmates break free from an old Nigerian prison after heavy rains

More than 100 inmates escaped from an old and decrepit prison near Nigeria's capital after overnight heavy rains destroyed parts of the facility, a prison official said Thursday as security agencies searched for the fugitives.

More than 100 prisoners on the run after heavy rainfall destroys part of prison in Nigeria

By Nimi Princewill and Catherine Nicholls, CNN (CNN) — More than 100 prisoners have escaped from a medium security prison in Nigeria after heavy rainfall destroyed part of the facility, the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCS) said in a press release on Thursday. A total of 118 inmates of the Medium Security Custodial Centres in Suleja, Niger state, fled the prison on Wednesday night, though 10 of the escaped inmates have been captured and taken …

In Nigeria, more than 100 inmates escape after rain damages prison

At least 118 inmates escaped from the facility in Suleja.

Over 100 inmates break free from a Nigerian prison after heavy rains

Over 100 prisoners have fled from a correctional facility near Nigeria's capital following severe rain that caused damage to parts of the prison infrastructure.

More than 100 inmates break free from a Nigerian prison after heavy rains

By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — A Nigerian official says more than 100 inmates have escaped from a prison near the capital city of Abuja after heavy rains overnight destroyed parts of the facility, including the perimeter fence. He said that 10 of the inmates who escaped from the medium-security prison in the town of Suleja have been recaptured. Most prisons in Nigeria are old having been built during the colonial era bef…

118 inmates escape from Nigeria's prison after heavy rains

Parts of Suleija Prison in Niger State collapsed, according to correctional service spokesperson - Anadolu Ajansı