Agodi prison break

Agodi prison break
Part of Prison escape
Location	Oyo State, Southwestern Nigeria
Date	11 September 2007
Target	Agodi Minimum Security Prison
Attack type	Prison break
Deaths	8
Non-fatal injuries	18
Perpetrators	prisoners
Number of participants	Unknown
Defenders	0

The Agodi prison break was an attack on the Agodi Minimum Security Prison in Ibadan, the capital of Oyo State, Nigeria by condemned criminals.^[1] The prison break was unsuccessful as no prisoners escaped from the prison.^[2] It was reported that about eight inmates died in the attempt leaving eighteen others injured.^[3]

Incident

The incident was reported to have occurred on 11 September 2007.^[4] The event was masterminded by certain groups of condemned criminals and awaiting trial prisoners who attempted to escaped from the prison.^[5] The scenario began when the prison warder on duty wanted to serve the prisoners breakfast.^[6] Immediately the door was opened they rushed out of the cell with force, beating up the officer with an attempt to release other prisoners from their cells.^[7] Police arrived at the scene to curtail the incipient prison break and this resulted in a clash between the inmates and the police.^[8] This resulted in the death of eight prisoners and injury of eighteen others.^[9] The prison break was unsuccessful as no prisoner was able to escaped from the prison.^[10]

Mauren Omeli, the Oyo state prison controller general who confirm the attack claimed that the aggrieved prisoners attempted to escape over the fear of inadequate medical care.^[11]

See also

• List of prison breaks in Nigeria

References