Irate inmates in a prison in Numan, Adamawa State on Monday staged demonstrations against prison officials over the death of an inmate who was brutally beaten by warders.
Armed soldiers were drafted to the prison for fear that the protest by inmates could spill over into uncontrollable violence, we learnt from a prison source as well as a security official. One of the sources disclosed that numerous inmates suffered injuries in the cause of their revolt. He added that prison officials were yet to determine if any inmates escaped in the course of the commotion.
A prison source told our reporter that some warders caught a prisoner who was attempting to escape from jail on Sunday. “He was trying to climb the fence and run away when they saw him,” said the source. He added: “They beat him mercilessly and he died.”
Our source revealed that the inmate must have sustained serious internal injuries that affected some vital organs in his body. Our correspondent learnt that the injured prisoner was not seen by a doctor and had received no medication prior to his death in the early hours of Monday. As news of his death spread within the prison, hundreds of furious inmates began to chant insulting and defiant songs at prison officials. The protesting inmates then attacked a prison official who was rushed to hospital for treatment. The inmates’ action triggered the deployment of soldiers to the prison to prevent any escalation of violence.
It serves dat prisoner right.