Suspected Boko Haram militants attack Nigerian prison, freeing hundreds of inmates

STORY: Suspected Boko Haram militants attack Nigerian prison, freeing hundreds of inmates DATELINE: July 8, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:17 LOCATION: Abuja CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of prison premises attacked by gunmen 2. various of damages and destruction done to the facility 3. various of the arrival of President Muhammadu Buhari to the attacked prison 4. various of President Buhari being led through the rubble of the facility STORYLINE: A total of 443 inmates were on the run while four others died during an attack Tuesday by unidentified gunmen on a prison in Abuja, the capital of Nigeria, the country's authority of prisons said Wednesday. Sixteen inmates and three prison guards were injured when the attackers stormed the custodial center in the Kuje area, southwest of Abuja, Tuesday night, said Abubakar Umar, the national spokesman for the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS), in a statement. Umar said the gunmen broke into the medium-security custodial center, using explosives devices thro