Hundreds Of Prisoners Free As Official Blames Very Determined Islamist Extremists For Nigerian Prison Break
At least 443 of the 879 escapees are still missing, said Umar Abubakar, a spokesman for the Nigerian Correctional Service, while hundreds of others have either been recaptured or handed over to police stations. Officials will “track all escaped prisoners and return them to custody,” Abubakar said. Later on Wednesday, Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari visited the prison where his senior officials toured the facility. He later tweeted that he was “saddened” by the attack and “disappointed” with Nigeria’s intelligence system....