Nigeria: Jimeta Prison Riot

13 January 2011
editorial

About 485 inmates of Jimeta prison in Adamawa state, last week took part in rioting over scarcity of drinking water.

They complained that the scarcity affected their feeding arrangement, making it difficult for them to have three square meals.

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