Nigeria: Post election violence suspects escape from Jail
Photo Credit: Press S TV, 2011. Nigeria: Post election violence suspects escape from Jail The AFP reported Saturday that 12 of the suspects detained over the post-election violence have escaped after riot broke out in an overcrowded jail in northern Nigeria. The controller of prisons in Adamawa state, Andrew Barka said 18 of the 600 arrested this week escaped but six were later captured. "There was heavy congestion. The living conditions have worsened since the suspects were brought in," Barka told AFP. "Therefore yesterday they went on riot, burning a section of our (training) workshop and injuring two wardens. Some of them tried to escape by scaling over the fence," Barka added. Arrested suspects of the post election violence in Nigeria in April, 2007 The following is the rest of the report. Rights groups estimate that more than 1,000 people have been arrested since the riots broke out after last weekend's election won by incumbent President Goodluck Jonathan...