Embattled suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari who was rumoured to have escaped from the Kuje prison during the attack on the facility by Boko Haram terrorists, has revealed that he hid like a rat during the terror attack.
A report went viral that the suspended DCP standing trial over alleged involvement in drug deals, escaped from the Kuje facility during the attack. The report was later debunked by Abubakar Umar, spokesperson of the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS), who revealed that Abba Kyari did not escape during the attack as well as other high profile inmates.
Interestingly, during his court appearance on Wednesday, Abba Kyari through his counsel, Oyechi Ikpeazu told the court that he has proven to be a worthy, law-abiding citizen by not escaping from the prison facility despite having an ample opportunity to do so.
He further argued that he should be granted bail pending the determination of the drug charges against him.
"My lord, every living soul in this country will agree that there was not just a breach, but that there was a grand terrorist attack by an organisation that not only successfully invaded the Kuje prison, but took control of it for over three hours,” Ikpeazu said.
“However, the applicant, being a law-abiding citizen, refused to take off.
“If there is anything to establish that the defendants will not jump bail, it was that circumstance. The gates of the prison were left open for over three hours.
“In fact, the defendant hid like a rat, because the organisation that conducted the attack went from cell to cell, saying they want to take him and the others to the desert.
“I don’t know where else in the world, where certified crime fighters that have endangered their lives and abandoned their families to serve the country, are kept in the same cubicle with same criminals they made their arrest possible, with some of them facing death penalty.
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“These people have suffered. They are traumatised by the events of that night. You can imagine what it felt like, witnessing the attackers planting explosives everywhere in the prison.”
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