An attack on a prison in Nigeria has seen 119 inmates escape.
Gunmen freed the prisoners and killed one warden when they stormed a prison in Kogi state in central Nigeria.
''The invaders came at about 7.15pm (6.15pm Irish time) yesterday and we suspected they used explosives to bring down the gate of the prison and the roof of the gate and thereafter set free 119 inmates," said prison authorities spokesman Hadiza Aminu.
While there was no official confirmation of the raiders' identities, local residents suspect the Boko Haram Islamist sect.
Boko Haram, which has killed hundreds in bomb and gun attacks this year, was behind a prison break in northern Bauchi state in 2010 when about 700 prisoners were freed.
The prison authorities spokesman said there were no Boko Haram members being held in the prison in Koton Karfi, which is about 100km south of the capital Abuja.
