The Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Interior, Dr Shuaib Belgore, has said over 600 of the inmates fled the prisons when it came under attack late Tuesday night.

Belgore stated that those behind the attack were Boko Haram terrorists who came specifically for their members held in the custody.

He, however, said about 300 had been recaptured, while 300 are still at large.

Speaking while addressing journalists, he also said an operative of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps was killed during the attack.

He said, “There have been several attacks on our facilities most of them are being repelled, but every now and then, there is one that they have succeeded. In this is one they came very determined with high explosives.

“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.”

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We know it was a planned work to free Boko Haram terrorists. Nothing surprises us under Buhari again

Including Abba kyari



Nigeria at this moment is a joke


Obi have a lot on the table waiting for him

When he gets there.

Vote for labour party.

APC and PDP urchins time is up.

If you are in Abuja and Waka careless Waka them.fit arrange u now put u for prison as one of the recaptured prisoners

Yall be safe out there

Fct on the mood

Imagine shit happening in Moscow or Washington or even Port novo una neighbor

SMH

We need vote into all leadership positions young visionary leaders come 2023 and most importantly vote out both APC & PDP alike.

andysmith123:
Dem attack railway, airport, highway, church, prison.
Na wa for this

Fahdiga post=114472165:
We know it was a planned work to free Boko Haram terrorists. Nothing surprises us under Buhari again

government sef

Pinned.


@Seniorwriter

Dem attack railway, airport, highway, church, prison.
Na wa for this government sef

I wonder how a sane person will still have the guts to campaign or even vote for APC with rate of insecurity and hardship in this country

Is it not a good News??

Buhari used tactical methods to free the terrorist we can't be fooled. Buhari should never be recognised as a Major General.

forgive me but this is a disgrace to Nigerian government right under their nose.

Maxymilliano:
I wonder how a sane person will still have the guts to campaign or even vote for APC with rate of insecurity and hardship in this country

Sincerely sometimes I Begin to Wonder if those people defending APC and campaigning for it are under spell

We know it's a coordinated attack by the opposition in conjunction with IPOB to score cheap points on an already established fact on the nation's insecurity.

If they think this will hinder APC's victory, then they have failed.

I will keep campaigning for Peter Obi, but if he's declared the final winner of the 2023 presidential election, please drag me out at Lekki Toll gate and stone me to death

nigeria jagajaga, everything scatter scatter, poor man dey suffer suffer, gbosa gbosa gun shot ina d air

The minister of interior should just resign, under his watch multiple prisons were broken into and criminals escaped.

Sack them all!

When the head is rotten, the body is done for.

You can't have a person like Buhari as the president and expect progress, it's impossible.

By the time Bubu and his deranged sycophantic cabinets will issue statement now, they will say Nigeria is now safer and better than the way they met it.

Bunch of lunatics!

This country is finished I swear.

Cooker37:
This country is finished I swear.

Finished is an understatement, the country is completely finished.