Security & Crime
Gunmen attack Calabar prison and kill an officer
A Correctional Service officer was killed in a gun attack on the Afokang Correctional Facility on Wednesday night in Calabar, Cross River State.
The attack was confirmed by Affanga Etim, a spokeswoman for the Correctional Service’s State Command.
On Thursday, Etim told reporters in Calabar that no prisoner escaped during the event.
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He claimed, “When they arrived, they started fire on the security crew, who likewise fired back in kind. As a result, one Assistant Superintendent of Correction, or ASC, was killed.
Since the attackers didn’t get too close to the main facility, neither a prisoner fled nor was killed.
We are sending extra armed guards to the site right now, and things are under control.
Meanwhile, during the attack, stray bullets struck a woman and her six-year-old daughter.
As of the time this report was filed, it was learned that the State Comptroller was holding an important meeting with his management team regarding the jail attack.