Kuje Prison Attack: Aregbesola reveals how terrorists overpowered 65 military personnel
The Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola has revealed how terrorists overpowered 65 military personnel to attack the Kuje Correctional facility, Abuja on July 5.
WITHIN NIGERIA recalls that over 600 inmates of the Kuje custodial centre, including 64 high profile Boko Haram members, were set free and several people killed by the terrorists.
The terrorists also disarmed 31 military personnel protecting the prison.
Aregbesola said the personnel, which comprised the Army, Air Force, NSCDC and others were heavily armed but still failed to defend the facilities when the bandits attacked.
The minister stated this when he he appeared before the House of Representatives Committee on National Security and Intelligence on Monday.
Aregbesola declined to disclose the type of weapons at the disposal of the terrorists in the presence of the media.
He said, “In that facility on that day of the invasion were 31 military personnel of the Nigerian army, five personnel of MOPOL 21, five personal of MOPOL 50, two personnel of counter-terrorism unit of the Nigeria police, two personnel of Kuje police division, seven personnel of Nigeria Immigration Service, three personnel of Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), 10 personnel of correction armed square.
“These 65 people were there for the specific responsibility of assisting and preventing any attack and they were all armed.
“These 65 people were posted to protect the prison from any attack and they were all armed. Because of the presence of the press, I will not mention the specific arsenal at their disposal.”
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