The Kuje correctional Centre is currently under serious attack by yet to identified gunmen, suspected to be bandits, the gunmen reportedly stormed the correctional centre located in Abuja with about 25 hilux vehicles and proceeded to the prison facility shooting sporadically and releasing explosives suspected to dynamite.
However, security personnels made up of the Nigerian military cordoned off areas leading to the prison.
The first explosion, a high capacity bomb, went off around 10.25pm. It was followed by second and third blast and sporadic gunshots that left the residents scampering into safety.