Videos circulating on social media show the inmates scaling the prison fence into freedom.
Meanwhile, the Edo state #EndSARS protesters looked on and cheered the inmates as they broke out of the prison.
Recall that Nigerian youths have embarked on the #EndSARS protest since last week to ventilate their displeasure over police brutality in the country. The youths have made several demands during their protest, among which atr total disbandment of the police Special Anti-Robbery Square, SARS, good governance among others. Although the police had responded by disbanding the SARS, the force however, formed a new one code-named SWAT.