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.[1] The attack occurred on 7 September 2010, and was carried out by approximately 50 gunmen.[2] 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