Kogi prison break

{{Short description|2014 prison break in Nigerian prison}}

{{EngvarB|date=November 2014}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2014}}

{{Infobox civilian attack

|title=Kogi prison break

|partof=Boko Haram insurgency

|image= Nigeria Kogi State map.png

|fatalities = 1

|injuries = 0

|type= Prison break

|perps=Boko Haram

|target=

|numparts=Unknown

|dfens=144 prisoners escaped

|date= 2 November 2014

|location=Kogi State, North-central Nigeria

}}

{{Campaignbox Boko Haram insurgency}}

The Kogi prison break was an attack on Koto-Karffi Federal Medium Security Prisons in Kogi State, in north-central Nigeria by unknown gunmen suspected to be members of the terrorist group, Boko Haram.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-17059895|title=BBC News - Nigeria jailbreak: Boko Haram claims Kogi prison attack|work=BBC News|date=16 February 2012|access-date=24 December 2014}} The attack occurred on 2 November 2014.{{cite web|url=http://www.punchng.com/news/boko-haram-invades-kogi-prison-frees-143/ |title=Boko Haram invades Kogi prison, frees 143 |work=The Punch - Nigeria's Most Widely Read Newspaper |access-date=24 December 2014 |url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141209145849/http://www.punchng.com/news/boko-haram-invades-kogi-prison-frees-143/ |archive-date= 9 December 2014 }} About 144 prisoners escaped from the prison; 1 inmate was shot and killed during the attack.{{cite web|url=http://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/top-news/170512-jailbreak-in-kogi-gunmen-free-144-inmates.html|title=Jailbreak in Kogi; gunmen free 144 inmates - Premium Times Nigeria|work=Premium Times Nigeria|date=3 November 2014|access-date=24 December 2014}} The escaped prisoners were largely awaiting trial for robbery.{{cite web|url=http://www.today.ng/news/kogi-jailbreak-update-12-escaped-inmates-re-arrested-prison-service/ |title=KOGI JAILBREAK UPDATE: 12 escaped inmates re-arrested – Prison service |work=TODAY |access-date=24 December 2014 |url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141224170142/http://www.today.ng/news/kogi-jailbreak-update-12-escaped-inmates-re-arrested-prison-service/ |archive-date=24 December 2014 }} Twelve inmates returned to the prison to serve out their sentences{{cite web|url=http://dailypost.ng/2014/11/03/kogi-jail-break-12-inmates-re-arrested/|title=Kogi jail break: 12 inmates re-arrested|work=DailyPost Nigeria|date=3 November 2014|access-date=24 December 2014}} and about 45 escaped prisoners were recaptured altogether.{{cite news|url=http://thenationonlineng.net/new/kogi-jail-break-45-fleeing-inmates-recaptured/|title=Kogi jail break: 45 fleeing inmates recaptured|author=Gbenga Omokhunu, Abuja|work=The Nation|date=25 November 2014 |access-date=24 December 2014}}{{cite news|url=http://www.channelstv.com/2014/11/14/police-rearrests-kogi-prison-break-escapee/|title=Police Rearrests Kogi Prison Break Escapee|work=Channels Television|access-date=24 December 2014}}