Fear has gripped Delta State following the invasion of Warri this
morning by gunmen who killed at least four officials of the Nigeria
Prisons Service.
According to the source, it was said that the incident took place at
about nine o’clock in the morning 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. They 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.
