Abba Kyari.
Newsone had reported earlier that gunmen suspected to be terrorists have launched an attack on the Kuje Medium Prison in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja.
This online news platform understands that the Kuje prison facility came under attack around 10:27 p.m on Tuesday night, July 5, 2022, with bomb explosions and gunshots.
Investigation revealed that the suspected terrorists invaded the facility from the back of the premises. The loud explosion and the gunshots threw the area into confusion and panic and residents scampered for safety.
There are reports that the authorities had received intelligence reports of the high possibility of an attack there a few hours before the invasion.
Newsone Nigeria reports that the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCS) confirmed that there was an attack on the Custodial Centre in the Kuje area council of the Federal Capital Territory.
Kuje Prison.
In a statement in the early hours of Wednesday, July 6, 2022, by its spokesperson, Umar Abubakar, said the armed squad of the service in collaboration with other security agencies responded to the attack.
However, the Nigerian Correctional Service spokesman said calm had been returned to the area. The statement was titled, “Medium Security Custodial Centre, Kuje attacked by gunmen.”
A report monitored on SaharaReporters revealed that other inmates have been removed from the facility including the suspended deputy commissioner of police, Abba Kyari, who was remanded at the prison by a Federal High Court.
Meanwhile, Newsone reports that Abba Kyari is standing trial for allegedly dealing in cocaine alongside four members of his former police unit, the Inspector-General of Police Intelligence Response Unit (IRT), and two other persons arrested at the Akanu Ibiam International Airport in Enugu, Enugu State, in January this year.