Kuje Prison Break Update: Statistics of escapees

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After the deadly attack on the custody facility in Kuje, the Nigerian Correctional Service has recaptured 421 fleeing inmates, with 454 still at large. This is based on the House of Representatives Committee on Correctional Service report.

The committee has therefore summoned the Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, and the Comptroller-General of the NCoS, Haliru Nababa. The duo is to appear before the House of Representatives over the recent attack on the facility by terrorists.

In addition, the committee also called the Commander of the Nigerian Army Platoon on duty on the night of the attack to appear before it.

This was disclosed by Edwin Anayo, the Chairman of the committee on Correctional Service, at an oversight visit to the facility on Thursday. He said the lawmakers met 115 inmates.

“If you subtract it, it will give about 879 that escaped that night,” he noted.

The inmates, including 69 suspected Boko Haram members, had escaped Kuje Medium Custodial Centre on Tuesday last week after members of the Islamic for West Africa Province attacked the facility.

Anayo lamented that 12 other Custodial Centres within the nation had been attacked and expressed his worry about the Kuje jailbreak.

Anayo said, “We are summoning the CG and the minister in charge of this agency to come to the National Assembly and explain to the whole world and Nigerians what is going on.

“We are not comfortable with the incidences of jailbreaks in recent times. There have been about 10 to 12 attacks on custodial centres. Nigerians are not comfortable.

“In Abuja, nobody walks freely now because of this incident. We have to interact and know the problem and how we can solve them.

“We have to know your challenges and how to tackle them. The committee is eager to know what transpired here. The reaction of the security agencies.

“After inviting the CG with his team and the minister, we will also invite the leader of the Army team on that day.

“We are summoning the CG with his team, and the minister with his team to know more about what transpired on that fateful day that the incident happened.”

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