Palpable fear has engrossed
Delta State following the invasion of Warri this morning by gunmen who killed
at least seven officials of the Nigeria Prisons Service.
It was gathered that the
bloody incident took place when the
vehicles in which the prison warders were conveying some of the prison inmates
to court was attacked at the Okere Roundabout in Warri.
Sources said that four of
the prisons officials were killed on the spot when the gunmen suddenly opened
fire on their vehicle. Three other officials were said to be lying critically
hurt in an undisclosed hospital in the area following gunshot wounds they received
during their gun battle with the attackers.
The armed gang were said to
have operated with two vehicles which they parked at the ever-busy roundabout
unknown to the prison officials.
Police authorities,
confirming the report, said that the gunmen laid an ambush for the court-bound
van.
The Okere Roundabout, which
is normally busy with human and vehicular traffic, is situated about 200 meters
from the Warri Prison in the heart of the oil-rich city of Warri, the
administrative headquarters of Warri South Local Government Area of Delta
State.
According to Mr. Rabiu,
three other prison officials who were shot were being treated in an undisclosed
hospital. He further stated that three of the prison inmates who fled with the
attackers after the encounter had been re-arrested by the police and handed
over to the Prisons Department in Warri.
Saharareporters learnt that
the sporadic shooting during the attack created panic and had people running
for dear life.
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