President Buhari Issued statement on Kuje Prison break as Islamic State claims Responsibility

The president of Nigeria Muhammadu Buhari expressed his disappointed on the Kuje prison breaking and consequent escaping of the inmates. He twitted, “Saddened by the attack on the Medium Security Custodial Centre, Kuje. I am disappointed with the intelligence system. How can terrorists organize, have weapons, attack a security installation and get away with it? I am expecting a comprehensive report on this shocking incident.”

Saddened by the attack on the Medium Security Custodial Centre, Kuje. I am disappointed with the intelligence system. How can terrorists organize, have weapons, attack a security installation and get away with it? I am expecting a comprehensive report on this shocking incident.

— Muhammadu Buhari (@MBuhari) July 6, 2022

Reuters reported,: “The Islamic State group claimed responsibility on Wednesday for a raid on a Nigerian prison in the capital, Abuja, that freed around 440 inmates, raising fears that insurgents are venturing from their enclaves in the northeast. A total of 879 inmates fled, the prison service said in a statement, with 443 still at large and the rest recaptured. Four inmates were dead and 16 others injured, it said.

President Muhammadu Buhari, on his way to his hometown Daura to prepare for the Muslim Eid al-Adha holiday, visited the prison. He questioned the prison’s intelligence system and demanded a report on the attack. In a separate attack on Wednesday, Buhari’s convoy carrying an advance team of security guards, protocol and media officers was ambushed while heading to the president’s hometown in the northern state of Katsina. Buhari was not in the convoy.”