Sixty-four Boko Haram terrorists have escaped from Kuje Prsion Abuja during the Tuesday night attack on the facily by terrorists.
This was declosed by Minister of Defence, Major General Bashir Magashi (rtd).
Over 600 of the inmates fled the prisons when it came under attack late Tuesday night, the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Interior, Dr Shuaib Belgore, has said.
He said 300 of the fleeing inmates have so far been captured.
Addressing journalists at the centre, General Magashi said 64 Boko Haram terrorists were held in custody, adding that all had been freed by the attackers.
Magashi said, “Well, we too heard the attack. The incident started between 10 and 10:25 am the security operatives recaptured some. What actually happened was they came in their numbers and released some of the inmates. We are now trying to see the kind of inmates they released.
“We are trying to see what we can do to see that all escapes within the prison accommodation are brought back to the prison yard.
“About 994 inmates, we have about 600 already inside now. Many people are being recaptured. The people who came to do this from the records belong to a particular group, from all indicators they are Boko Haram.
“Currently, there are about 64 of them as inmates and we could not locate them.”
