Jail break attempt failed, two reported dead when security officials made shots so as to prevent break-out.

AT least two inmates of Federal Prisons in the Ahaoda West Local Govrnment Area of Rivers State have been shot dead by security operatives while attempting to escape from the prison.

Our correspondent learnt on Sunday that the two inmates attempted to escape through the ceiling before they were stopped by policemen.

It was further learnt that other inmates, who sensed that security agents had been alerted, immediately retreated.

The incident, which occurred at about 5pm on Saturday, caused panic on the prisons premises.

A prison source, who confided in our correspondent, said, “An attempted jailbreak has occurred at Federal Prisons in Ahoada on 27th October, 2012 at about 1700hrs.

“The inmates had attempted breaking out unlawfully from custody when men of Ahoada Police Area Command and personnel of other security agencies were alerted and swiftly mobilised to the scene and cordoned off the perimeter fence of the prison.

“Consequently, the escaping inmates retreated to the confines of the prisons. Two inmates who tried to escape through the ceiling were shot at to prevent their escape,” a source stated.

It was also learnt that some prison inmates were relocated from Bayelsa State to the prisons in Ahaoda, a situation that sparked a protest by the inmates in the area ...Source