Prison official killed in Calabar jail attack

A Correctional Service officer was on Wednesday night killed when gunmen attacked Afokang Correctional facility in Calabar, Cross River state.

A mother and her six-year-old daughter were injured during the attack, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports.

The spokesman of the state command of the Correctional Service, Affanga Etim, however said the attack was not an attempted jail break.

He said the assailants only shot at a joint security team at the facility and that there was no damage to the facility.

“When they came, they opened fire on the security team who also responded in like manner and in the process, an Assistant Superintendent of Correction (ASC) was killed,” he said.

“No inmate escaped or was killed, the attackers didn’t get close to the main facility.

“As we speak, we have deployed more armed personnel to the facility and everything is under control.”