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Akinwande Soji-Ojo
The whereabouts of some high profile inmates at the Kuje Correctional Centre, Abuja, were still unknown as of Wednesday afternoon, following Tuesday night’s gunmen attack on the facility.
The attack, which lasted for few hours, were said to have been resisted by military personnel and prison guards on duty.
The Nation reports that Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari and his men who were inmates may have escaped from the facility.
Also, former governors of Plateau and Taraba States, Joshua Dariye and Jolly Nyame, who were granted pardon by the National Council of State were also at the facility.
The Federal Government was yet to effect their release as of the time of the attack.
Besides the high profile inmates, some terrorists and other criminals may have escaped during the attack.
According to the medium, it would be difficult to confirm if Kyari and his men, and the former governors were evacuated to safety before the attackers gained entrance into the facility.
Gunmen bombarded the facility with bombs and explosives on Tuesday night.
The attack, which caught the guards at facility unawares, threw the entire area into confusion.
It was learnt the first explosion, a high capacity bomb, went off around 10.25pm.
Some reports said It was followed by second and third blasts as well as sporadic gunshots which left the residents scampering for safety.