Sunday, 30 March 2014
No fewer than
20 Boko Haram detainees have been shot dead in a gun battle that ensued today, Sunday
morning, March 30, 2014 at the Department of State Security Service in the
Asokoro district of Abuja.
The gun battle
erupted when some of the suspected terrorists attempted to break out from the
detention facility, which is by the precincts of the Presidential Villa.
Marylyn Ogar,
the Spokeswoman for the DSS, confirmed the attempted jailbreak, which she said
had been stalled by security agents.
Ogar said,
“What happened was that the suspects’ handlers went to feed the detainees here
but suddenly they attacked him with their handcuffs, disarmed him and started
shooting.
“The military
was quickly called in before they could do any harm and that is responsible for
the shootings you heard.
“It was an
attempted jailbreak but it has been brought under control.”
A source revealed
that as soon as one of the handlers opens the gate leading to the cell where
the detainees were being kept, ten suspected terrorists rushed out, snatched
the handler’s rifle and used it to shoot him.
The shot SSS
official was quickly rushed to the hospital, he was in critical condition.
The source
said that after the suspected terrorist shot the first handler, another ten
suspected terrorists escape into different locations within the massive
security compound.
At that point
the DSS quickly deployed its men to the scene which resulted in heavy shooting
that claimed the lives of some of the suspects.
The source,
recounting the incident said: “The whole episode occurred around 6:30 am and
7am on Sunday during the normal handing over and takeover of detainees.
“The standard
rule is that you cannot go alone to open the gate leading to the detainees’
cell but as soon as the man opened the gate, he was attacked and he tried to
run away and was shot.
“The shot
operative has been taken to hospital,” the source said.
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