The incident was reported to have occurred on Saturday , 6 December 2014 , about a week after the Ekiti prison break . The unknown gunmen , suspected to be armed robbers freed 270 inmates and also looted weapons and bullet-proof vest of the Nigerian Prisons Services . About 108 of the escaped prisoners was rearrested by the Nigerian Prisons Services in conjunction with Nigerian police after the attack . This incident resulted in the remover and suspension of the Niger State prison controller , Musa Maiyaki and the Officer-in-Charge of Medium Security Prison Minna , Mohammed Buena and all officers on duty on the day of the jail break by the federal government of Nigeria through the minister of interior Abba Moro following a recommendation by the controller general of the Nigerian Prisons Services , Dr Peter Ekpendu
Ekiti prison break
Ekiti prison break
Minna prison break