The Nigerian Correctional Service Public Relations Officer (SPRO), Mr Abubakar Umar in a statement on Wednesday, confirmed that the Kuje Medium Security Custodial Centre, Abuja was attacked with explosives on Tuesday night.
He said that the security operatives were trying to salvage the situation.A source however said that following the attack the inmates, including ABBA Kyari were moved to another faculty. Kuje Prison was built in 1989 and is said to house over 700 inmates