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There is controversy over the whereabouts of suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari, who is being remanded at the Kuje Correctional Centre in Abuja.
Fears over the whereabout of the Deputy Commissioner of Police came after bandits attacked Kuje Correctional Centre, Abuja, where he was kept.
It was learnt that during the attack which lasted hours, some inmates were said to have escaped. According to officials, the facility houses over 900 inmates.
A source at the Correctional Centre who spoke on condition of anonymity said: âWe have not seen him today. He didnât also come for Subhi (early morning) prayer as usual. But I donât know what is happening.â
Another official, who preferred anonymity, said that the whereabouts of Kyari remained unknown to him as of 09.30am.
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âI am sure he is not missing and he didnât escape. But I donât know where exactly he is,â the official said.
When contacted, the spokesperson for the Nigerian Correctional Service, Umar Abubakar, said âKyari is not missingâ.
Abubakar also noted that Kyari has not been moved from the Kuje prison.
Abubakar in a statement in the early hours of Wednesday said the armed squad of the service in collaboration with other security agencies responded to the attack.
The statement was titled, âMedium Security Custodial Centre, Kuje attacked by gunmen.â
It read, âI wish to confirm that at about 2200hrs, some yet-to-be-identified gunmen attacked the Medium Security Custodial Centre, Kuje, in the Federal Capital Territory.
âHowever, men of the Armed Squad of the Nigerian Correctional Service and other security agencies attached to the Custodial Centre have responded and calm has been restored to the facility and the situation is under control.
âOther details will be made available soon.â
During a visit to the facility, the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Interior, Mr Shuaibu Belgore, also confirmed that about 600 inmates escaped from the Kuje Correctional Centre following Tuesday eveningâs attack.
Belgore explained that over 300 of the inmates have been retrieved.
He suspected that the gunmen attacked the facility to rescue their terrorism co-conspirators.
The official added that one person died and three others were injured during the attack.
(Sun)
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