Four inmates were reportedly shot dead, a warder injured while the inmates try to escape from Kosere Correctional Centre, Ile-ife Osun state, on Tuesday.
The report confirmed that the inmates attempted to escape during the morning devotion/sanitation.
However, it was gathered that the inmates, in a bid to flee the premises injured a warder in the process.
A personnel of the service who spoke on condition of anonymity, revealed that in the process of escaping, four of the inmates who led the escape attempt were shot dead which brought the jail break to a halt.
State Comptroller of Corrections, Lanre Amoran, had visited the facility for on-the-spot assessment.The spokesperson of the Osun State Police Command, Yemisi Opalola confirmed the incident but asked to be given time to get more details on the incident.
