A prison break by an armed group known as Boko Haram has raised fears of renewed violence in northern Nigeria just months before elections. The group staged a raid on the prison on Tuesday night in the town of Bauchi, freeing more than 100 followers. The attack left the prison in ruins and showed the group, which is seeking to institute sharia (Islamic law) in the country had access to the sophisticated weapons it needed to overpower the prison guards. The attackers fired on the prison guards as they were breaking their daily Ramadan fast on Tuesday evening. Authorities have arrested 13 suspects in connection with the prison break although residents in and around Bauchi remain afraid that Boko Haram will launch other attacks. Boko Haram - which means ‘Western education is sin’ in the (northern) Hausa language - was blamed for riots and attacks in the north last summer that left more than 700 people dead.

Pray: that the expected violence will not happen and the enemy will be confounded. (Ps.7:9)

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