* Kill Prison Guard
Like a scripted act in a Nollywood movie, a dare-devil gang on Wednesday stormed a Kogi State High Court in Ihima, Okehi Local Government Area, and rescued one of their associates who had been ordered to be remanded by the presiding judge, Mr. Moses Gwatana.
The Media Officer of the State High Court, Mr Saqeeb Saeed confirmed on Thursday that the attack took place on Wednesday.
He said Justice Gwatana had adjourned the case against Abdulrazak Nasiru, who was ordered to be remanded in prison custody.
The accused was released to an official to take to the Okene Medium Security Prison in a Nigeria Prisons Service pick-up van.
Saeed said before the van took off, the attackers, numbering between 10 and 12, apparently lurking around a primary school near the court, stormed the premises, wielding dangerous weapons and shooting indiscriminately.
“They shot dead the warder whose name was not immediately known and released the accused while the court officials, litigants and helpless security agents, scampered for safety during the operation that lasted 10 minutes,” he said.
The News Agency Nigeria (NAN) learnt that although the judge escaped unhurt, his official KIA Sorento SUV was sprayed with bullets. Mr Bakare Sunday was shot in the ear.
Saeed said the body of the prison official had been deposited at the Obangede General Hospital mortuary. The court registrar has been admitted in the hospital for bullet wounds.
Kogi State High Court Chief Registrar Mrs Comfort Toluwashe has lodged a complaint with the police, saying the accused was initially involved in an armed robbery in which a man was kidnapped.