300 have been recaptured or turned themselves in. Where are the others? Wherever they are, clearly the Nigerian government is largely powerless and/or indifferent in the face of jihad activity.
“Nigeria: At least 600 inmates escape in Abuja jail break,” Africa News, July 6, 2022:
At least 600 inmates have escaped in a jailbreak in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital city, an attack that officials have blamed on Islamic extremist rebels.
Over 300 escapees have either been recaptured or turned themselves in at police stations, authorities said.
Nigeria’s Ministry of Interior said explosions and gunfire were heard at about 10 p.m. in the Kuje area when the attackers arrived and forced their way into the prison through a hole created by the blasts.
Permanent secretary of Nigeria’s Ministry of Interior, Shuaib Belgore, said the “very determined rebels attacked the Kuje maximum prison in Abuja on Tuesday night with very high-grade explosives, killing one guard on duty”…
Nigeria’s jihadi rebels and other armed groups have carried out several jailbreaks in the country’s northeast in recent years, but this is the first recorded in the capital city. …
