In response to the late-night terrorist attack at the Kuje prison, soldiers manning strategic checkpoints in and out of the city are currently preventing drivers from entering and exiting the city.
People were observed getting out of their cars and walking back to their houses. Because there had been no movement for the previous hour, a passenger joked that he had called his wife to “make semovita” for him.
Until the situation is under control entirely, business drivers and owners of private automobiles also did a U-turn back to the city.
Areas observed by this correspondent saw, the kuje road leading to the airport road highways blocked, also, the exit route from Kuje leading to Gwagwalada have also been blocked.
Aerial patrols by the Defence Ministry have continued non-stop for the past three hours.
The Nigerian Correctional Service had earlier confirmed that there was an attack on the Custodial Centre in the Kuje area council of the Federal Capital Territory.
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It read, “I wish to confirm that at about 2200hrs, some yet-to-be-identified gunmen attacked the Medium Security Custodial Centre, Kuje, in the Federal Capital Territory.
“However, men of the Armed Squad of the Nigerian Correctional Service and other security agencies attached to the Custodial Centre have responded and calm has been restored to the facility and the situation is under control.”
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