Massive Bomb Attack Hits Kuje Prison Despite Earlier Warning
Massive Bomb Attack Hits Kuje Prison Despite Earlier Warning Mary Akanbi 6th July, 2022 A prison source told PREMIUM TIMES that the State Security Service had earlier warned of an impending attack on Kuje prison. The Kuje Custodial Centre located in Nigeria’s Federal Capital Territory came under attack late Tuesday night apparently to free jailed criminals, despite an earlier warning by the country’s intelligence service. A prison source told PREMIUM TIMES that the State Security Service had earlier warned of an impending attack on Kuje prison. The source, however, could not describe the level of measures put in place to forestall the attack. “Kuje prison is under massive bomb, armed attack,” a prison staff told PREMIUM TIMES as the attack was being carried out late Tuesday. In the later update that emerged, the source said the attackers used three bombs and forcibly gained control of four entry and exit points. The prison is in Kuje Area Council of the FCT, lying outside t...