No fewer than three hundred inmates have escaped from Kuje prison following attack on the facility by armed men who reportedly broke into the custodial centre blowing off the walls with explosives.
The incident happened late Tuesday night into the early hours of Wednesday
Current matters gathered that a number of vehicles and other valuables belonging to the center were destroyed.
Earlier, a source around the Kuje custodial centre area said the gunmen were overpowered by the security on ground who were reinforced with additional security personnel, however, it was gathered that the armed men who stormed the area on motorbikes outnumbered the security at the center with weapons to effect the jail break.
Kuje prison is home to Abba Kyari, celebrated police officer facing criminal charges over alleged drug trafficking and fraud.
Ex – pension boss,AbdulRasheed Maina,who jumped bail and rearrested in a neighbouring country is also cooling off in Kuje custodial centre.
