Over 600 inmates escape from Kuje prison Kuje prison Over 600 prisoners reportedly escaped the jails after they came under attack late on Tuesday night, according to Dr. Shuaib Belgore, the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Interior. Belgore claimed that Boko Haram terrorists, who came expressly for their members being held in jail, were responsible for the attack. However, he claimed that while 300 were still at large, about 300 had been recaptured. He added that a member of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps was killed during the incident while speaking to journalists. There have been a number of attacks on our facilities, the majority of which have been thwarted, but occasionally one has been successful, he said. With heavy explosives, they arrived in this one with great determination. "After the original infiltration effort failed, they used stronger grade explosives to strike a different portion of the wall, which succeeded in bringing down the wall. The forc...