Abuja Residents In Fear After Boko Haram Attack On Kuje Prison

Palpable fear was on Wednesday engulfing residents of Abuja after the Boko Haram attack on Kuje Prison and successful release of all their colleagues housed in the facility back to society.

The invaders were said to have used dynamites to destroy the heavily fortified facility, including the Central Terrorism Unit (CTU), freeing most of the terrorists there.

The facility, Daily Trust reported had over 1,000 inmates at the time of the attack.

Some of the residents, who reacted to the development on Wednesday morning, described it as unfortunate.

Mr. Dayo Ahmadu, a resident of Lugbe, a town in the nation’s capital, wondered why such would happen at a prison in Abuja where all the security architectures are housed.

‘’This is sad. How will the ordinary residents be safe in this kind of situation? We are just at the mercy of God. This is definitely not good for the image of the country,’’ he said.

Another resident, Amina Mohammed, advised the relevant authorities to immediately begin search for the escapees.

‘’Much needs to be done on our security. We are just not safe if this is happening in the nation’s capital, now I can feel what the people in Borno, Niger, Zamfara and Kaduna states are experiencing,’’ he said.

Mr. James Achibo, a Kuje resident, asked the federal government and the FCT Administration to live up to expectations in the area of security.

‘’Divinity will intervene on our behalf but government should wake up to their responsibility. Governance is not about shutting down business places and demolishing illegal structures alone,’’ he said.

GreenWhiteGreen GWG reports that the Minister of Defence had during a briefing on the attack had disclosed that all the Boko Haram insurgents detained in the facility were freed during the attack on the Kuje, the biggest facility in Abuja.

Source: Daily Trust

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