Imfungwa zirenga 1800 zatorotse gereza muri Nigeria nyuma yuko igabweho igitero n’abagabo bitwaje intwaro, nkuko abategetsi babivuze. Amakuru avuga ko abateye binjiye mu mbuga y’iyo gereza yo mu mujyi wa Owerri uri mu majyepfo ashyira uburasirazuba bwa Nigeria, bakoresheje ibiturika bagaturitsa ingufuri ku muryango. Amakuru avuga kandi ko imfungwa esheshatu zagarutse muri gereza, mu gihe izindi 35 zo zanze gutoroka. Polisi yashinje abo mu mutwe utemewe uharanira ubwigenge bw’abasangwabutaka bo muri leta ya Biafra, Indigenous People of Biafra, kuba ari wo wagabye icyo gitero. Amakuru avuga ko wahakanye kubigiramo uruhare. Urwego rwa Nigeria rw’amagereza rwemeje ko imfungwa 1,844 zatorotse iyo gereza iri muri leta ya Imo. Abagabo bitwaje intwaro ziremereye biraye muri gereza ya Owerri mu masaha yo mu rukerera rwo ku wa mbere, bamaze kuhagera mu modoka z’amakamyo na bisi, nkuko urwego rw’amagereza rwabivuze. Umuvugizi wa polisi yavuze ko abateye bari bitwaje imbunda zirasa za rokete (izi zizwi nka RPG),imbunda za ‘machine guns’, ibiturika, n’imbunda ntoya zisanzwe zo ku rutugu. Kurikira ibiganiro n’amavidewo binyura kuri Bwiza TV
