Controversy has surrounded the whereabouts of suspended
Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari, after bandits attacked Kuje
Correctional Centre, Abuja, where he was kept.
Recall that gunmen attacked the Custodial
Centre in the Kuje area council of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja Tuesday
night.
During the attack which lasted hours, some inmates were said
to have escaped.
The Kuje prison is famous for holding high-profile inmates
and suspects, including former governors and ministers.
According to officials, the facility houses over 900
inmates.
“We have not seen him today. He didn’t also come for Subhi
(early morning) prayer as usual. But I don’t know what is happening,” a source
in the prison told our correspondent.
Another official, who preferred anonymity, said that the
whereabouts of Kyari remained unknown to him as of 09.30am.
“I am sure he is not missing and he didn’t escape. But I
don’t know where exactly he is,” the official said.
When contacted, the spokesperson for the Nigerian
Correctional Service, Umar Abubakar, said “Kyari is not missing”.
Abubakar also noted that Kyari has not been moved from the
Kuje prison.
“He is still in our custody. Nothing happened to him. He has not been moved,” he said
Abubakar in a statement in the early hours of Wednesday said
the armed squad of the service in collaboration with other security agencies
responded to the attack.
The statement was titled, “Medium Security Custodial Centre,
Kuje attacked by gunmen.”
It read, “I wish to confirm that at about 2200hrs, some
yet-to-be-identified gunmen attacked the Medium Security Custodial Centre,
Kuje, in the Federal Capital Territory.
“However, men of the Armed Squad of the Nigerian
Correctional Service and other security agencies attached to the Custodial
Centre have responded and calm has been restored to the facility and the
situation is under control.
“Other details will be made available soon.”
During a visit to the facility, the Permanent Secretary of
the Ministry of Interior, Mr Shuaibu Belgore, also confirmed that about 600
inmates escaped from the Kuje Correctional Centre following Tuesday evening’s
attack.
Belgore explained that over 300 of the inmates have been
retrieved.
He suspected that the gunmen attacked the facility to rescue
their terrorism co-conspirators.
The official added that one person died and three others
were injured during the attack.
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