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Nearly 2,000 inmates freed during attacks on Nigeria prisons

by Sam Olukoya
| October 20, 2020 10:27 AM

LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Nigerian authorities say nearly 2,000 inmates have broken out of jail after crowds attacked two prisons in the latest unrest to hit Africa's most populous nation.

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