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100 inmates escaped during Nigeria prison riot

Lagos, Nigeria, 09/30 - At least 100 inmates of the federal prison in Nigeria`s Midwestern city of Auchi escaped during a riot over the quality of food served in the prison, the local press reported Thursday.

The report said the inmates, who over-powered the prison warders, jumped over the high walls of the prison while others escaped through the prison gates.

The police, who were later called in to restore order, arrested some of the inmates while others voluntarily returned to the prison.

Many of the prison`s facilities were damaged during the riot.

A similar riot at Ikoyi prison in the commercial city of Lagos 20 September left three inmates dead and many others wounded.

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