EXCLUSIVE: Tension In Kuje Prison As Inmates Protest Planned Transfer Of 300 Terror Suspects To 'Overcrowded Facility'

Multiple top security sources familiar with developments told SaharaReporters that the protest erupted after inmates received information that authorities were preparing to move hundreds of terrorism suspects into the already congested correctional facility.

There was tension at the Kuje Custodial Centre in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) last Thursday as inmates reportedly staged a protest over alleged overcrowding and plans by the Federal Government to transfer about 300 suspected terrorists, including members of Boko Haram, Lakurawa and armed bandit groups, to the facility, SaharaReporters has learnt.

Multiple top security sources familiar with developments told SaharaReporters that the protest erupted after inmates received information that authorities were preparing to move hundreds of terrorism suspects into the already congested correctional facility.

According to the sources, inmates at the facility complained that the prison was already operating far beyond its approved capacity and could no longer accommodate additional detainees.

One of the sources told SaharaReporters that the protest occurred within the CTU custody section of the prison