Two staff members of the Nigeria Correctional Services, NCS, attached to Ekwulobia Prisons in Anambra State have reportedly been killed by unknown gunmen.
Reports say the men were attacked and killed while escorting a van conveying inmates of the prison to the court for hearing at about 11am on Friday.
Recall that two policemen and three soldiers had been killed by unknown gunmen the previous day in two locations in the state, with their arms carted away, while a police van was set ablaze.
A police station in the same Ekwulobia was also attacked by gunmen on Friday, but they could not overpower the officers on duty who resisted them.
The Public Relations Officer of the Anambra State Command of the Nigeria Correctional Centre, Mr Francis Ekechukwu confirmed the attack, saying the command was devastated by the news of the attack.
“You know this (attack) has been on for some time now, but we never envisaged it will get to us. Yes, there was an attack on our men, and two persons were killed. One of them is our staff, but the other is not.
