Kuje Prison break: Failure To Prioritise arrest and prosecution of criminals fuelling Insecurity – Atiku

Presidential Candidate of the People’s Democratic party PDP, Atiku Abubakar has blamed the recent attack on the kuje correctional facility on the inability of the authorities to prioritize the prosecution of criminals.

Gunmen had attacked the prison with explosives on Tuesday night, with over 500 inmates said to be currently at large including all 64 Boko Haram inmates.

The former Vice President in a tweet expressed concern over the lives and properties of citizens in the FCT

He wrote; “I am concerned and saddened by reports of the attack on Kuje prison by suspected terrorists.

“My concern arises not only from the prospects of the escape of detained terrorists and hardened criminals but of its implications for the security of lives and property to residents of Abuja and its environs.

“I wish to restate what I said to THISDAY Newspapers on Monday that our inability to enthrone a regime of law and order in which the arrest and prosecution of criminals will be made a priority as a deterrent to copycats is the reason why insecurity continues to fester in our country.”