A
group of well-armed gunmen earlier today carried out an attack on the Special
Anti -Robbery Squad detention facility in Garki area 11 in Nigeria's federal
capital Abuja.
The detention
center used by the Nigerian police to hold high level violent criminals
was attacked in a brazen manner by the attackers from the Boko Haram sect. The center reportedly holds some
senior commanders of Boko Haram including the wife of
the Kabiru Sokoto, the Christmas day Catholic church bomber in Suleja, Niger State.
Police spokespersons did not respond to calls regarding
the attack. The police authorities are too embarrassed to discuss
the attempted jailbreak twenty four hours after the sect attacked a military
church near Kaduna killing at least 10 people
including military officers.
Plain clothed policemen have cordoned off the area
preventing reporters from taking pictures. A photo journalist from Daily Independent newspaper who attempted to take a picture of the
scene of the attack was severely beaten by the police and immediately arrested
and detained.
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