127 prisoners escape in Adamawa jail attack

One hundred twenty-seven prison inmates escaped when gunmen attacked their jailhouse in Nigeria's eastern Adamawa state, a prison chief said on Sunday. "A total of 127 inmates escaped following the attack. So far, we have not recaptured any of them," said Adamawa state prison chief Andrew Barka. 

Only one prisoner, who was shot and injured in the leg, was left behind in the prison in the town of Ganye after the Friday attack, he said. "We lost a deputy comptroller in charge of the Ganye prison in the attack. He was shot dead by the gunmen," Barka told AFP. 

He said that the prison gate was torn down and the cells were forced open by the gunmen, allowing the prisoners to escape. 

The gunmen killed 25 people in series of attacks on different locations on Friday in Ganye, including the prison, a police station, a bank and two taverns, state police spokesman Mohammed Ibrahim said.  Adamawa is not safe oh! Lord have mercy...