At least, one inmate died while 12 others were injured during a fight that snowballed into an attempted jailbreak at the Port Harcourt correctional centre on Monday afternoon.

It was gathered that two inmates were engaged in a fight leading to the death of one of them, even as a protest ensued amongst other inmates.

The situation spiralled out of control as many inmates tried to scale the facility’s high walls, but were repelled by a combined team of security operatives who shot outside the fence, with 12 of them sustaining bullet wounds.

Spokesperson for the Port Harcourt correctional centre, Juliet Ofoni, confirmed the incident. (Text, excluding headline, courtesy of The PUNCH)