A total of 879 of the 994 inmates escaped, and more than 400 remain at large including scores of Boko Haram members.
Twelve months after the Kuje attack, Nigerian authorities say they are still searching for more than 400 inmates who escaped from the prison.
Apart from random, often fatal, attacks on communities, armed groups also carried out attacks on prisons across the country, releasing thousands of inmates including convicted criminals. At least 4,307 inmates have escaped from Nigeria’s prisons since 2017, TheCableBut, Mr Umar told PREMIUM TIMES that a lot of things have changed after the “unfortunate Kuje incident.” He said the service is taking all security measures to prevent future “occurrence of that ugly incident.
Former President Muhammadu Buhari publicly expressed disappointment and demanded a “comprehensive” report on the Kuje attack. The prison attack is part of a pattern of attacks on national security forces. On the night of the Kuje attack, 65 armed personnel. They included 31 military personnel of the Nigerian Army from the 176 Special Forces Guards Brigade Battalion, Gwagwalada, five personnel of MOPOL 21, and five personnel of MOPOL 50.
He said the service has provided uninterrupted electricity in the Kuje prison as well as other facilities.
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