KUJE CUSTODIAL CENTRE ATTACK: NCoS discloses details
Oru Leonard
The Nigerian Correctional Service has said that the attack at Medium Security Correctional Centre Kuje was carried out by terrorists.
The disclosure was made by the Service Public Relations officer, Chief Superintendent of Corrections, Abubakar Umar who said that 443 of the escapees have been recaptured, bringing the total number of inmates in the facility to 551. He added that three attackers were killed in the encounter while several others escaped with bullet wounds.
Abubakar recalled that in the wake of the attack on Abolongo Custodial Centre in Oyo State, the Honourable Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola met with the security Chiefs in the ministry to draw up a joint security framework for the protection of Custodial Centres against further breaches.
“Hence, at the time of the attack, personnel from the military, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Nigeria Immigration Service, Nigeria Police Force, State Security Service were on ground to support men of the Armed Squad unit of the Nigerian Correctional Service”, he stated.
However, during the gun battle, a personnel of the NSCDC unfortunately lost his life and three (3) officers of the Nigerian Correctional Service also sustained bullet injuries. Four (4) inmates lost their lives while 16 others sustained various degree of injuries.
The Controller-General of Corrections, Haliru Nababa ordered immediate deployment of the e-Corrections Information Management System (e-CIMS) to track all fleeing inmates and return them to custody.
The CG appealed for prompt supply of credible information to rearesst the fleeing inmates and assured the public that the biometrics of all the inmates are intact and will be used to track them wherever they hide.
He therefore commended men of other security agencies for their support and gallantry and extended his condolences to the families of those who lost their lives.
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