ISWAP Terror group claims responsibility of the Abuja Kuje attack, releases video The Islamic State in West Africa Province has claim...
ISWAP Terror group claims responsibility of the Abuja Kuje attack, releases video
The Islamic State in West Africa Province has claimed
responsibility for the attack on Kuje Prison where inmates were freed in Abuja.
The terrorists claimed the responsibility in a video
released Wednesday night.
In the video, the terrorists showed how some of its members
entered the Kuje prison.
The 38 seconds video showed that the terrorists shot
indiscriminately before gaining access into the prison.
A check by The PUNCH showed that the Islamic State’s A’maq
Agency first released the video with a caption in Arabic. The caption read,
“Fighters of Islamic State attacked Kuje prison in Abuja yesterday and
succeeded in releasing many prisoners.”
The video showed an elderly man and young men shouting while
claiming responsibility for the attack with many fighters marching as vehicles
and building were on fire.
The Service Public Relations Officer, Mr Abubakar Umar, in a
statement on Wednesday, said the attackers broke into the Medium Security
Custodial Centre, Kuje, using explosive devices through the main entrance and
the fence of the facility respectively.
He said that an official of the Nigerian Security and Civil
Defence Corps attached to the Custodial Centre was killed, adding that three
officials of the NCoS were seriously injured.
“A total of 879 inmates escaped from the facility during the
unfortunate attack. As at the time of this report, 443 have been recaptured,
551 inmates are currently in custody, 443 inmates are still at large.
“Four inmates are dead and 16 inmates sustained various
degree of injuries and are being treated at the moment. However, efforts are
ongoing to recapture all fleeing inmates, ” Umar said.
He also confirmed that Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba
Kyari, and other VIPs held in the facility did not escape.
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