Abba Kyari, Dariye, Nyame ‘Missing’ After Attack On Kuje Prison

Abba Kyari and others in court
Some high profile inmates at the Kuje Correctional Centre, Abuja may have reportedly escaped Tuesday night’s attacks on the facility by some gunmen.

Sources said Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari, and his men who were in the facility may have escaped from the facility.

Former Plateau governor, Joshua Dariye and former Taraba state counterpart, Jolly Nyame, who had been granted pardon by the national council of states were also in the prison.

The federal government was yet to effect their release as of the time of the attacks.

Sources within the facility disclosed that besides the high profile inmates, some terrorists and other criminals might have escaped in the thickness of the darkness and the gunfire from the attackers.

However, as of the time of filing this report, there was no official confirmation on the names of escapees and their profiles.

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