FILE PHOTO: The flooded street is pictured in Maiduguri, northern Borno state, Nigeria September 10, 2024. REUTERS/Ahmed Kingimi/File Photo
ABUJA (Reuters) - Devastating floods collapsed walls at a jail in Maiduguri in northeastern Nigeria early last week, allowing 281 prisoners to escape, prison authorities said on Sunday.
Seven of the escaped inmates have been recaptured in operations by security agencies, Umar Abubakar, spokesperson for the Nigeria Correctional Services said in a statement.
