As anxiety surrounds the whereabouts of detained police officer, Abba Kyari, the spokesperson for the Nigerian Correctional Service, Umar Abubakar, has said that he is intact with within the system.
Abubakar also noted that Kyari has not been moved from the Kuje prison.
The attack by terrorists has sent further cold into the spined of the polity, especially with the escape of 64 Boko Haram inmates.
“He is still in our custody. Nothing happened to him. He has not been moved,” Abubakar yet told The PUNCH on the telephone.
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.
