Abuja – Five people, including one official of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps and four inmates have been confirmed dead during the Tuesday night Kuje custodial centre in Abuja.
Thus was confirmed by in a
statement on Wednesday by the Nigeria Custodial Service spokesperson, Umar Abubakar.
Kuje Custodial Centre after the attack.
He added that a total of 16 inmates and three custodial officers were injured during the attack.
Umar also said 879 inmates escaped from the facility while 443 had been recaptured and 551 are still at large.
Corpses of the five people killed by the terrorists.
He said the service would collaborate with the National Identity Management Commission to track all the fleeing inmates.
Abubakar said the terrorists used explosives to blow up the centre’s fence and its main entrance to gain access to the facility.
“In furtherance to my earlier press release on the unfortunate attack by gunmen suspected to be terrorists, I wish to state that 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.”
Two of the vehicles set ablaze by the attackers.
He added that a total of 16 inmates and three custodial officers were injured during the attack.
The terrorists during the attack also set vehicles and other valuables with millions of Naira on fire.
A bust set ablaze by the terrorists.
Meanwhile, President, Muhammadu Buhari has visited the Kuje custodial center after Tuesday’s terrorist attack on the facility. (Punch/vitalnewsngr.com)
