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November 6, 2014

2 FRSC marshals killed in Kogi prison break

Jailbreak foiled in Benin prison

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By Boluwaji Obahopo

LOKOJA—IT emerged, yesterday, that two officials of the Federal Road Safety Commission, FRSC, were killed by the gunmen that attacked the Koton-Karfe Prison in Kogi State on Sunday night.

The two officials were said to have been hiding, when the gunmen, suspec-ted to be Boko Haram members, found them, took them elsewhere, shot and buried them.

The state Sector Commander, Mr. Godwin Omiko, said the two officials, Olaoluwa Adebayo and Adesina Iyanda, were shot by the same armed bandits that attacked Koton-Karfe prison Sunday night.