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. SaharaReporters learnt 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.
By
SaharaReporters, New York
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