Contrary to our earlier report, Notorious kidnapper and gunrunner, Hamisu Wadume, is still in Kuje detention facility and not among the over 300 escapees.
The Kuje Medium Prison on Tuesday night came under heavy bombardments by unknown terrorists, throwing the entire area Council into confusion.
The first explosion, a high capacity bomb, went off around 10.25pm. It was followed by second and third blast and sporadic gunshots that left the residents scampering into safety.
Over 600 inmates according the the Federal Government escaped. More than half of this number has since returned to the facility. But 64 top commanders of Boko Haram Terrorist group are still at large.
Our source who had earlier told us that Wadume and embattled Deputy Commissioner of Police, DCP Abba Kyari aren’t in the facility said they took refuge in another corner of the facility and wasn’t in their cell after the attack.
“Wadume, who was remanded in custody at Kuje prison, for armed robbery, kidnaping and gun running after his arrest by operatives of the Intelligence Response Team(IRT), has not been found since after the attack on the facility,” our source had told us.
He has been in custody at Kuje prisons since 2020.
His lawyer, Zakari Sanusi Wakili also told our correspondent that his client “Alh Hamisu Wadume is right there in kuje, he didn’t escape nor attempted to escape.
“Your report that he escaped from prison is false because I met him in prison this morning,” Barrister Wakili added.
