Tag: Kuje Prison
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Alleged 109.5bn fraud: Court remands suspended Accountant General, Idris in Kuje prison
An FCT High Court on Friday ordered that the suspended Accountant-General of the Federation, Ahmed Idris, and three others be remanded in Kuje Correctional Facility over alleged N109.5 billion fraud. Other defendants are Olusegun Akindele, Mohammed Usman, and Gezawa Commodity Market and Exchange Limited. The Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) arraigned them on a…
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Police arrest suspected Kuje Prison escapee, others in Katsina
The Katsina State Police Command says it has arrested one Kamala Lawal, a suspected escapee from the recent Prison attack in Kuje, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Abuja. The Command’s spokesperson, SP Gambo Isah, disclosed this on Friday in Katsina while parading the suspect and other suspected criminals. SP Isah said based on credible information,…
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Kuje Prison: NCoS speaks on whereabouts of Osinachi’s husband, Wadume after jailbreak
The Nigeria Correctional Service (NCoS) has dismissed reports that Peter Nwachukwu, husband of the late gospel singer, Osinachi, and a suspected kidnap kingpin, Hamisu Bala (a.k.a. Wadume), escaped from custody during July 5 jailbreak at Kuje Custodial Centre, Abuja. The Public Relations Officer, FCT Command, NCoS, Mr. Chukwuedo Humphrey, disclosed on Tuesday in Abuja that…
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Kuje jailbreak: Two inmates recaptured in Abuja, Suleja
Two inmates who escaped from the Medium Security Correctional Centre, Kuje, on July 5, following an attack on the prison facility have been recaptured. The two inmates were recaptured at different locations, according to the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) and the police command in Niger.
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Kuje prison break: Why Buhari summoned security chiefs
President Muhammadu Buhari in the course of the week summoned emergency National Security Council meeting to deliberate on nation’s security challenges occasioned by the recent attacks by terrorist groups. Suspected terrorists Tuesday night attacked presidential advance team to Katsina State as well as Medium Security Custodial Centre, Kuje, where high profile Boko Haram inmates escaped.
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Harvest of terror at the centre of power – By Dakuku Peterside
That terrorists and bandits are getting bolder, more daring, and more sophisticated is not debatable. After a period of relative peace, the nation, has entered a new phase of terrorist attacks that frontally challenges state power . It needs no further evidence after last Wednesday’s Kuje Correctional Facility attack. That the nation is in a…
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Kuje attack: Buhari should be mad, not ‘disappointed’ – By Ehichioya Ezomon
Was President Muhammadu Buhari quoted correctly or misrepresented? That he’s “disappointed” by the failure of security operatives to stem, and crush or repel the daredevil attack on the Custodial Centre in Kuje, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) of Abuja? And this from a president in charge and control of Nigeria’s security apparatus as the Commander-in-Chief…
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Prison break: Fani-Kayode, DHQ clash over Kuje attack
Former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode and Defence Headquarters have clashed over the recent attack on the correctional facility in Kuje. Defence spokesman, Maj.-Gen. Jimmy Akpor, had in a statement yesterday said Fani-Kayode’s claim that soldiers were withdrawn shortly before the prison was attacked was false.
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Kuje prison attack: NCoS gives report on inmates’ stolen money
The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) has dismissed reports that fleeing inmates from the Medium Security Custodial Centre, Kuje, during the attack, stole money (local and foreign currencies) belonging to their fellow inmates The Service Public Relations Officer (SPRO), Mr Abubakar Umar confirmed this in a statement on Saturday in Abuja.
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Jailbreak: Police recapture fleeing Boko Haram terrorist
One of the dreaded Boko Haram terrorists members who escaped from Kuje correctional centre, Hassan Hassan has been recaptured by the police in Nasarawa state. Recall that terrorists on Tuesday attacked the Kuje medium custodial centre and freed over 800 inmates including members of the Boko Haram and Islamic State West African Province (ISWAP).