All Boko Haram suspects escaped from Kuje prison-Defence minister

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Minister of Defence Bashir Salihi Magashi (PHOTO CREDIT: Official Facebook Page)

The Minister of Defence, Bashir Magashi, says 64 Boko Haram suspects in Kuje prison in the federal capital territory (FCT) are missing.

The minister confirmed this on Wednesday at a media briefing at the facility in Abuja.

Gunmen had attacked the prison with explosives on Tuesday night.

Shuaib Belgore, permanent secretary, ministry of interior, had said the assailants came to the prison “very prepared” with explosives.

Magashi said the attackers are Boko Haram insurgents and 64 of its members who were inmates in the facility cannot be found.

“What happened, they came in their numbers and released some of the inmates. We are now trying to set the kind of inmates they released,” he said.

Security operatives are currently on a search and rescue mission with support from the air force to retake the inmates at large.