Nigerian authorities say 281 inmates escaped after devastating floods brought down a prison’s walls in the country’s northeast.

Inmates escaped from Medium Correctional Centre, an old prison in Maiduguri, after prison walls collapsed due to heavy flooding, says official - Anadolu Ajansı

Authorities say severe flooding in northeastern Nigeria has left 30 people dead and affected more than a million others.

Authorities in Nigeria have said 281 inmates escaped after devastating floods brought down a prison’s walls in the country's northeast. A major dam collapsed on September 10, unleashing severe flooding that left 30 people dead and over a million displaced,