A group of terrorists attacked the Kuje Custodial Centre in Abuja, FCT on Tuesday night, July 5.
Reports stated that the attack which began at 10 PM, lasted for more than an hour before security personnel repelled the terrorists who broke into the facility with explosives.
The Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Interior, Dr. Shuaib Belgore, who confirmed the attack, said about 600 inmates escaped the prisons following the attack.
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Belgore noted that those behind the attack were Boko Haram terrorists who came mainly for their members.
“The initial entry attempt was unsuccessful, then they attacked another section of the wall with higher grade explosives which brought the wall down.
“The forces on the ground did everything they could to repel them but the number they came with was high which they were not able to defend against. They kept on fighting gallantly unfortunately the breach happened. Reinforcement came when they were halfway through it. They were eventually repelled.
At the time they came in they killed one NSCDC operative while trying to save the situation. The inmates here are 994.
We understand they are Boko Haram terrorists and came specifically came for their conspirators. Many of them have returned, some were retrieved from the bushes they were hiding, right now we have retrieved about 300 out of about 600 that got out of the jail,” he said.
See photos from the correctional facility after the attack below;
