Hundreds of inmates escape after flood waters hit Nigerian prison: Video
Over 200 inmates of the Maiduguri Prison in Nigeria’s Borno State escaped when flood waters took over the area.
The North Eastern city of Maiduguri got flooded after the collapse of a dam due to heavy rainfall.
The floods damaged the area, leading to the evacuation of inmates. The over 200 inmates managed to escape during the period.
Nigerian authorities have expressed concern about the development particularly because some escapees included members of the Islamist militant group Boko Haram.
The Borno state has been an epicentre of more than a decade-long jihadist insurgency.
Meanwhile, thousands of residents living within Maiduguri, the capital city of Borno State remain stranded days after flood waters from an overflowing dam destroyed tens of houses in the area.
Over twenty-three thousand households were affected with schools and businesses also submerged in flood waters.
The National Emergency Management Agency pegs the total number of affected persons at an estimated two hundred thousand individuals.
So far, emergency officials are working to evacuate affected persons from flood waters.
The United Nations Refugee Agency in Nigeria (UNHCR) has described it as the worst flooding in the area in 30 years.
