The inmates at the Kuje Correctional Facility have threatened an attack after monies belonging to them went missing following the recent Boko Haram attack.
According to the report, the cash had been with about five prison officials for several months, and the officials have now revealed to them that Boko Haram members who invaded the prison on Tuesday night carted the money away.
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According to the minister of defense, Bashir Magashi, the prison was attacked around 10 pm on Tuesday, July 5, by suspected Boko Haram insurgents who freed their colleagues in arms.
Speaking to Peoples Gazettes, a source who pleaded anonymity said that the monies belong to wealthy inmates in the facility.
“One prison guard told 13 inmates this afternoon that all the money they kept with him had been stolen. He bluntly told them that the N26 million is no longer in his possession.”
“Yes, that is the problem we’re confronting now. Some people lost money in naira while some lost dollars
“It’s those big men that are more enraged because they kept millions with the warders. About N82 million was declared missing and four people are looking for $36,000.
“We don’t know what the prison management will do about the matter because the money was not kept with the warders officially,” the source said.
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