Five prison inmates and two officials of the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCS) in Bauchi State have been injured in a prison riot.
Spokesman of the NCS in the state, Abubakar Adamu told Channels Television that the State Police Command however sent a reinforcement to prevent a jailbreak in Bauchi metropolis, the state capital.
Adamu who debunked claims of sporadic gunshots being witnessed at the scene, said the inmates instigated the violence as a means of escape following Monday’s jailbreak in Imo State.
He said;