Palpable fear has engrossed Delta State following the invasion of Warri this morning by gunmen who killed at least seven officials of the Nigeria Prisons Service.

It was gathered that the bloody incident took place when the vehicles in which the prison warders were conveying some of the prison inmates to court was attacked at the Okere Roundabout in Warri.

Sources said that four of the prisons officials were killed on the spot when the gunmen suddenly opened fire on their vehicle. Three other officials were said to be lying critically hurt in an undisclosed hospital in the area following gunshot wounds they received during their gun battle with the attackers.

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