Four inmates were reportedly killed on Tuesday at the Kosere Correctional Centre in Ile Ife, Osun State, during an attempted jailbreak by some of the inmates.
According to a source, some inmates planned to escape during morning sanitation.
According to the source, the inmates injured a warder while attempting to flee the facility and were about to force their way out when security guards repelled them.
“Four inmates were killed. A warder was also injured. The incident happened during morning sanitation on Tuesday.
“They had planned to escape and one of them attacked the warder, while others forced their way through the only entrance, but the security men repelled them and in the process, four inmates were shot.
“They eventually died. And others that wanted to escape ran back when those that led the attempt were shot,” the source said.
Lanre Amoran, the Osun State Comptroller of Corrections, was said to have visited the facility for an on-the-spot assessment.
