About 879 inmates had escaped from the facility. However, 443 of them were recaptured, while the same number are currently still at large.
No fewer than five persons were reported killed on Tuesday night after terrorists, numbering over 200 bombed the Kuje Medium Security Custodial Centre of the Nigerian Correctional Service NCoS in Abuja.
Among those killed was a civil defence personnel attached to the facility, while four inmates, said to have attempted an escape were also killed.
About 879 inmates had escaped from the facility. However, 443 of them were recaptured, while the same number are currently still at large.
Spokesman of the Service, Chief Superintendent Abubakar Umar in an updated statement added that suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police DCP Abba Kyari and other high profile inmates are still in custody, contrary to reports (not in Vanguard) that he had escaped.
Umar said, “the attackers broke into the Medium Security Custodial Centre, Kuje using explosive devices through the main entrance and the fence of the facility respectively, killing a personnel of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) attached to the Custodial Centre and living three (3) personnel of the Nigerian Correctional Service seriously injured”.
He said, “a total of 879 inmates escaped from the facility during the unfortunate attack. As at the time of this report, 443 have been recaptured, 551 inmates are currently in custody, 443 inmates are still at large, 4 inmates dead and 16 inmates sustained various degree of injuries and are being treated at the moment. However, efforts are ongoing to recapture all fleeing inmates.
