Metro/Crime
Kuje attack: 443 inmates recaptured
The Nigerian Correctional Service, said 443 inmates who escaped from Kuje prison in the federal capital territory have been recaptured.
Service spokesman, Abubakar Umar, disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday.
Gunmen had attacked the prison with explosives on Tuesday night, freeing many inmates — including “all Boko Haram suspects”.
Umar, in the statement, said the attackers broke into the prison using explosive devices, through the main entrance and the fence of the facility.
He said a personnel of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) attached to the centre was killed in the attack, while three personnel of the correctional service were seriously injured.
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