Controversial Islamic cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, has said the attackers of the March 28 Abuja-Kaduna passenger train carried out the recent attack on the Kuje correctional centre in Abuja.
Terrorists recently attacked the facility and freed over 600 inmates.
Though some of the inmates had been captured by security agents, over 400 escapees including 64 Boko Haram insurgents are currently on the run.
Four people including an official of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) were killed in the attack.
In a statement released by his media consultant, Tukur Mamu, Gumi said he shared intelligence reports with a committee constituted by the Chief of Defence Staff, Gen. Lucky Irabor, and security agencies on the terrorists.
However, he claimed that they did not act on the reports.
He said: “And even on the tendency and threat to attack targets and other facilities of interest like the Kuje Correctional Centre attacks, I have shared that intelligence with the security agencies and the committee that was constituted by CDS Gen. Lucky Irabo.
“I can confirm without a doubt that the Kuje Correctional Centre attack was executed and coordinated by the same group that attacked the Abuja-Kaduna bound train because they gave indications of imminent attacks to that effect which I shared.
“For the records, they requested for the release of 51 of their members. But through the power of dialogue and engagement I was able to singlehandedly scale that number to only 10 and communicated with audio backing the development to the relevant authorities.
“There was an unnecessary delay on giving them even precise feedback by the government and now they have not only succeeded in carrying out another successful attack that indicts the nature of our intelligence and capacity to respond promptly but has also succeeded in releasing dozens of their members which would have been averted if the action has been taken to give them only 10 and secure the release of the train victims.”
A few hours after the claim was made by Gumi, the Islamic State for West African Province (ISWAP) claimed responsibility for the attack.
ISWAP released a 38 seconds video showing how its men fired their way into the correctional facility.
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