Four inmates allegedly lost their lives on Tuesday in Kosere Correctional Centre, Ile Ife, Osun State, during an attempted jailbreak.
It was learnt that some inmates planned to escape during the routine morning sanitation exercise.
It was further gathered that the inmates while attempting to flee the centre, injured a warder in the process.
A source within the facility said, “They were about to force their way out when security men repelled them.
“Four inmates were killed. A warder was also injured. The incident happened during morning sanitation on Tuesday.
“They had planned to escape and one of them attacked the warder, while others forced their way through the only entrance, but the security men repelled them and in the process, four inmates were shot.
“They eventually died. And others that wanted to escape ran back when those that led the attempt were shot.”
The spokesperson of Osun command, Yemisi Opalola, confirmed the incident but declined to give further details until he gets more insight into the development.
