No fewer than 37 inmates have been set free from the Kuje Medium Custodial Centre and Suleja Centre following payments of their fines. The fines, which ranged from N15,000 to N130,000 were paid by public spirited persons in conjunction with Prisoners Rehabilitation and Welfare Action (PRAWA). The Comptroller of Correctional …
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Police Parade Kuje Prison Escapee Who Killed Indian, Others
POLICE Intelligence Response Squad (IRT) has paraded Abdulazak Isa, a 27-year-old Kuje Prison escapee who was serving life imprisonment for the murder of an Indian national. The suspect was paraded alongside the killers of a Divisional Police Officer in Bauchi by the Force Public Relations officer (FPRO), CSP Muyiwa Adejobi. …
Read More »‘Soldiers Guarding Vicinity Removed 24 Hours Before Kuje Prison Attack’
Soldiers deployed to Kuje vicinity and the Correctional Centre’s environment, who had mastered the terrain, were moved out and redeployed 24 hours before terrorists attacked Kuje Prison, Vanguard reports. Sources had reported that Bandits attacked the Kuje Prison, Abuja on Tuesday night. The Security source wondered why it was 24 …
Read More »Prison service explains Kuje fire
The Nigerian Prisons Service, NPS said it has curtailed a minor fire incident detected at the Kuje Medium Security Prison hospital on Friday evening. Humphrey Chukwuedo, NPS, FCT Command Public Relations Officer, disclosed this in a statement on Friday in Abuja. He said that the fire was, however, immediately …
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