Benin prison under attack as thugs free prisoners

Thugs have attacked a prison on Sapele Road in Benin City, the Edo State capital, today, Monday October 19th.

It was gathered that the armed thugs had hijacked an #EndSARS protest against police brutality and extrajudicial killings.

As shown in viral video, the thugs unleashed terror on prison officials to free inmates. Some videos show the prisoners escaping through the fence, other vides show the prisoners running on the street and another video shows some prisoners changing outfits.

Watch video:

https://twitter.com/YemieFASH/status/1318125954196275202?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1318125954196275202%7Ctwgr%5Eshare_3%2Ccontainerclick_0&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gistreel.com%2Fbreaking-benin-prison-under-attack-as-thugs-free-prisoners-videos%2F

Hoodlooms had free prisoners for the Nigerian prison service at Sapele road, Benin City, this is the height#Beninprotest #SARSMUSTENDNOW #BETTERNIGERIA pic.twitter.com/zOsBF7PyDv

— Dr. Smurfettes (@smurfetex) October 19, 2020

https://twitter.com/Odrumz1/status/1318117897076604934?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1318117897076604934%7Ctwgr%5Eshare_3%2Ccontainerclick_1&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gistreel.com%2Fbreaking-benin-prison-under-attack-as-thugs-free-prisoners-videos%2F

The gates were actually thrown open.

This is quite a sad sight to see in Edo state.

pic.twitter.com/41EKJ27TAz

— : (@olucheye) October 19, 2020