Inmates flee after Nigeria jail 'IS raid'

Updated July 7 2022 - 6:41am, first published 6:34am
Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has demanded a report on an attack on a prison.
Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has demanded a report on an attack on a prison.

The Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for a raid on a Nigerian prison in the capital Abuja which freed about 440 inmates, raising fears that insurgents are venturing from their enclaves in the northeast.

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