Exposed! How Boko Haram Attacked Kuje Prison (Correctional) Facility
How Boko Haram Attacked Kuje Prison Facility
By; JACOB ONJEWU DICKSON
Dare-devil gunmen suspected to be members of the dreaded Boko Haram terrorist group, on Tuesday night around 10pm, laid siege to the Medium Security Custodial Centre, Kuje Abuja, attacking the facility with explosive devices and sophisticated assault weapons.
The gunmen numbering about 300 according to eyewitnesses, rode motorcycles invading multiple military and police checkpoints in the city to successfully overpower a garrison of the Nigerian Army personnel and a contingent of Police formation who were deployed to provide perimeter security for the facility which holds high level convicts and dangerous criminals awaiting trial.
Residents of the sleepy town raised alarm...