"You've No Reason To Be Here. Go Home, Jesus Has Risen": Unknown Gunmen Tell Owerri Prisoners – Security Source

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“Go home, Jesus has risen. You have no reason to be here,” the gunmen were reported to have said.

JournalReporters had earlier reported the recent attack on Imo State Police Command Headquarters in Owerri and how about 2000 Inmates were freed.

The attack, according to an eyewitness started from around 1am and lasted till 3am on Monday.

"They sang solidarity songs at the Government House Roundabout for about 30 minutes before attacking the facilities", a security source confided in our correspondent.

It was gathered that on breaking into the prison facility with the aid of explosives and dynamite, the attackers told the inmates to go home.

“Go home, Jesus has risen. You have no reason to be here,” the gunmen were reported to have said.

Reacting to the attack, the Nigerian Police has confirmed the attack on the Owerri Correctional Prison in Imo State capital by Unknown gunmen on Monday morning.

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Speaking to reporters shortly after the incident, spokesperson of police in the state, Orlando Ikeokwu, assured the people of the state that the security agencies were on top of the matter.

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