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KUJE PRISON BREAK: As usual, Buhari expresses disappointment with intelligence system

KUJE PRISON BREAK: As usual, Buhari expresses disappointment with intelligence system

Nigeria’s president, Muhammadu Buhari, Wednesday, expressed disappointment with the intelligence system at the Medium Security Custodial Centre, Kuje, Abuja.

Buhari visited the facility attacked by terrorists Tuesday night, and said: “I am disappointed with the intelligence system.

“How can terrorists organise, have weapons, attack a security installation and get away with it?”

Soon after he arrived, he was briefed about the attack by the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Interior, Dr. Shuaib Belgore.

The Controller-General of Nigerian Correctional Service, Haliru Nababa, showed him the bombed-out section used to access premises and the records office, which was set on fire.

They told the president that the invaders, thereafter, launched an attack on all cells in which Boko Haram terrorists were held.

The president was told that at the end of the raid, none of the 63 terrorists could be accounted for.

However, he was told, records are not lost because they have been backed up.

Buhari expressed shock at both the scale and audacity of the attack, saying: “How did the defences at the prison fail to prevent the attack?

“How many inmates were in the facility? How many of them can you account for? How many personnel did you have on duty? How many of them were armed?

“Were there guards on the watchtower? What did they do? Does the CCTV work?”

The president was also informed that the security forces have recaptured 350 of the escapees, while about 450 others are still unaccounted for, and that rapid work is under way to recapture the rest.

The president, accompanied by Boss Mustapha, the secretary to the government of the federation; Professor Ibrahim Gambari, the chief of staff, said at the end of the visit that he is expecting “a comprehensive report” on the incident.

 

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