{{Nigerian authorities have rearrested 49 of 175 prison inmates who escaped from their southwest city jailhouse after it was attacked by gunmen, a spokesman of the Nigerian Prisons Service said on Monday.}}<\/p>\n
“Forty-nine of the prisoners out of the 175 who escaped from the Akure prison yesterday (Sunday) have been recaptured,” Ope Fatinikun told AFP.<\/p>\n
The heavily-armed gunmen attacked the prison in Akure, capital of southwest Ondo state, early on Sunday and freed the prisoners, he said.<\/p>\n
None of the assailants have been arrested and investigations are underway to unravel all the circumstances surrounding the jailbreak.<\/p>\n
He gave no further details.<\/p>\n
Local Channels television showed footage of the hole in the prison wall through which the prisoners escaped as well as some bullets found on the floor after the attack.<\/p>\n
Officials and local human rights activists say that more than 35,000 of Nigeria’s about 50,000 prisoners are awaiting trial and they are kept in harsh conditions, including poor feeding.<\/p>\n
The prison cells across the country are overcrowded while security around the jailhouses is inadequate.<\/p>\n
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