The Federal Government, on Friday, declared wanted the inmates who escaped from the Kuje Medium Security Custodial Centre in Abuja on Tuesday night.
The inmates were said to have cases relating to terrorism and being members of the Boko Haram sect.
Terrorists had on Tuesday night launched an attack on the facility and freed 879 inmates.
Among the inmates declared wanted were among the 64 persons who were jailed for terror-related charges.
Some of those declared wanted by the Federal Government are Muhammad Sani Adamu, Muktar Umar, Nambil Zakari Gambo, AbdulKareem Musa, Abdulsalami Adamu, among others.
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The Star recalls that the Minister of Defence, Bashir Magashi, had said terrorists attacked the Kuje prison and freed all the 64 Boko Haram insurgents in the facility.
This was just as the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) said the assailants broke into the correctional centre using explosive devices through the main entrance and the fence of the facility respectively.
The Service added that an operative of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) attached to the correctional centre was killed, noting that three personnel of the NCoS were injured.
The Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP) terrorist group has since claimed responsibility for the attack.
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