The Ondo prison break was an attack on the Olokuta Medium Security Prison in Akure, the capital of Ondo State, Nigeria,[1] by 50 unknown gunmen suspected to be armed robbers.

[5] The escaped prisoners were largely awaiting trial for robbery.

[7][8] The incident was reported to have occurred on Sunday, 30 June 2013.

[9] Tunde Olayiwola, the comptroller general of the Nigerian Prisons Services in Ondo state, who confirmed the attack dispelled the claims that the unknown gunmen were members of the Boko Haram, a terrorist group in the northeastern Nigeria.

[10] The incident was linked with gangs of robbers arrested during a bank robbery in Akure, who had been kept in the prison for over one year without trial.