The Islamic State of West Africa Province has claimed responsibility for the attacks that were carried out on the Kuje Correctional Centre Abuja late Tuesday.
In a video of the attack which was released Wednesday evening, the group showed how the attacks were coordinated.
In the video, many of the terrorists were heard shouting “Allahu Akbar.”
At least, 879 inmates of the facility had escaped Tuesday. 443 of them were said to have been captured and returned to the facility.
President Muhammadu Buhari who visited the attacked facility on his way to Senegal Wednesday afternoon expressed disappointment with the intelligence agencies wondering how the terrorists carried out the attacks .
An official of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps and four inmates of the prisons had died during the attacks.
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