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The spokesman of Cross River State Command of the Correctional Service, Affanga Etim has confirmed that gunmen attacked Afokang Correctional facility in Calabar, killing one officer.

The attack occurred Wednesday night, with a mother and her six-years-old daughter also hit by stray bullets.

Etim, while speaking to journalists in Calabar on Thursday, said no inmate escaped during the attack.

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He said: “When they came, they opened fire on the security team who also responded in like manner and in the process, an Assistant Superintendent of Correction, ASC, was killed.

“No inmate escaped or was killed, the attackers didn’t get close to the main facility.

“As we speak, we have deployed more armed personnel to the facility and everything is under control.”

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