Bauchi prison break

The Bauchi Prison break was an attack on the federal prison in the North-Eastern Nigerian city of Bauchi, in which members of Boko Haram released 721 prisoners. The attack occurred on 7 September 2010, and was carried out by approximately 50 gunmen. Of the 721 prisoners who escaped, as many as 150 were affiliated with the terrorist group Boko Haram. Quotes About 50 men with machine guns came to the prison site, forced the prison open and released all the prisoners. A Bauchi resident said There was a riot, not sporadic gunshot traced by inmates. It was the inmates that instigated the riots, maybe wanting to break the prison and get out, The spokesman of the NCS in the state, Abubakar Adam said External links Category:Terrorism in Nigeria Category:Islamic terrorist incidents in the 2010s