Protest broke out at the Kuje Prisons in Abuja on Thursday
following alleged preferential treatment of three Lebanese
inmates by Prison officials.
“The tension was brought under control by the Deputy
Comptroller-General in charge of Operations, Mr. Segun Bewaji,
who attended to the convict that fainted. But the inmates in
the single cells were restive and refused to be pacified by the
DCG.”
The Lebanese prisoners – Mustapha Fawaz, Abdallah Thahani and
Talal Ahmed Rodo – believed to be members of an international
terrorist group, Hezbollah, were said to have been allowed to use
a particular area of the prison ground for the Eid-fitri prayers
while other inmates, including Boko Haram suspects, were
restricted to another place.
The three Lebanese are standing trial at a Federal High Court,
Abuja, for terrorism and illegal importation of firearms.
The protesting inmates destroyed some amenities, including
water pipes, electric cables and cell windows. A source told Punch
that the angry inmates also splashed water on some of the prison
officials who ran for their safety.
A Boko Haram inmate serving a life sentence was said to have
fainted during the melee.
The Lebanese suspects were moved to the prison on August 2, on
application by their lawyer, Ahmed Raji (SAN), who claimed that
they were no longer comfortable in the custody of the State
Security Service.
The court had granted the application and the suspects were
promptly transferred to Kuje Prisons.
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