The Nigerian Correctional service has recaptured 421 inmates who escaped the facility In Kuje Abuja,while 454 others are still at large. The house of representatives’ committee on correctional service confirmed this.
The committee also said summoned the Minister of interior, Rauf Aregbesola; and Comptroller-General of the NCoS, Haliru Nababa, to appear before it over the recent attack on the Kuje Custodial Centre. The committee also invited the Commander of the Nigerian Army Platoon on duty on the night of the attack.
Also the Chairman of the committee on correctional service, Edwin Anayo said the lawmakers met 115 inmates. He disclosed this during an oversight visit to the facility on Thursday.
“If you subtract it, it will give about 879 that escaped that night,” he noted.
The inmates, including 69 suspected Boko Haram members, had escaped Kuje Medium Custodial Centre on Tuesday last week after members of the Islamic for West Africa Province attacked the facility.
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The chairman decried that 12 other custodial Centers has been attacked across the country recently. He also added that this jailbreaks by gunmen is very disturbing.
He said,
“We are summoning the CG and the minister in charge of this agency to come to the National Assembly and explain to the whole world and Nigerians what is going on. We are not comfortable with the incidences of jailbreaks in recent times. There have been about 10 to 12 attacks on custodial centres. Nigerians are not comfortable. In Abuja, nobody walks freely now because of this incident. We have to interact and know the problem, and how we can solve them.
We have to know your challenges and how to tackle them. The committee is eager to know what transpired here, the reaction of the security agencies. After inviting the CG with his team and the minister, we will also invite the leader of the Army team on that day. We are summoning the CG with his team; the minister with his team to know more about what transpired on that fateful day that the incident happened.”
Source: Punch News/15,07,22 https://punchng.com/kuje-421-fleeing-inmates-recaptured-454-at-large/
