Kuje Prison Attack: I Hid Like A Rat - Abba Kyari Again Pleads For Bail
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Suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), Abba Kyari, has claimed
he hid like a rat during the recent attack on the correctional facility in
Kuje, federal capital territory (FCT).
On July 5, 2022, gunmen
attacked the prison and freed over 500 inmates, including suspected members of
Boko Haram.
There were rumors that Kyari and other high-profile
inmates escaped, but spokesperson of the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS),
Abubakar Umar, denied the claim.
Also See: How Terrorists Attempted Killing DCP Abba Kyari in Kuje Prison
Moving another bail application at the court session on Wednesday,
Kyari, through his lawyer, Onyechi Ikpeazu, told the court that he had the
opportunity to escape but declined to do so.
“My lord, every living
soul in this country will agree that there was not just a breach, but that
there was a grand terrorist attack by an organization that not only
successfully invaded the Kuje prison, but took control of it for over three
hours,” Ikpeazu said.
“However, the applicant, being a law-abiding
citizen, refused to take off.
Also See: Abba Kyari Escapes Murder In Prison
“If there is anything to establish that the defendants will not jump
bail, it was that circumstance. The gates of the prison were left open for
over three hours.
“In fact, the defendant hid like a rat, because
the organization that conducted the attack went from cell to cell, saying they
wanted to take him and the others to the desert.
“I don’t know
where else in the world, where certified crime fighters that have endangered
their lives and abandoned their families to serve the country, are kept in the
same cubicle with same criminals they made their arrest possible, with some of
them facing death penalty.
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“These people have suffered. They are traumatized by the events of that
night. You can imagine what it felt like, witnessing the attackers planting
explosives everywhere in the prison.”
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