HOW RED CROSS'S IRON DOORS SAVED ABBA KYARI

How Red Cross's Iron Doors Saved Abba Kyari from Death at the Hands of Terrorists in Kuje Prison 

The Boko Haram terrorists who invaded the Kuje Medium Security Prison, Abuja, on Tuesday night made an attempt on the life of Abba Kyari, a Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) and former head of the Inspector General of Police's Intelligence Response Team (IRT), but they failed.

And although the terrorists did not set out to harm inmates, it has now been confirmed to Newsmen that gunshots were fired at the cell holding Kyari.

Abba Kyari

When they gained access into the facility, the first set of people they set free were inmates from the Counter-Terrorism Unit (CTU) section (popularly called "Bombblast' by inmates), and some of them pointed to direction of the cell where Abba Kyari was kept, popularly called 'Segregation," said the source, who cannot be named for security reasons.

Continuing, the source said: "They meant to kill Abba Kyari but God saved him because the doors of the segregation are stronger than other doors. They shot at his doors but the iron bed at the Segregation, where he hid himself under, saved him.

"Not just the iron bed, but the door itself, built by Red Cross. It was well-built, the terrorists were unable to break it and I guess they did not want to expend all their time on it. It would have taken them a lot to break it down."

Meanwhile, the prison service has confirmed that Kyari and his men as well as ex-Governor Joshua Dariye of Plateau State and his Taraba State counterpart are safe and in custody. However, it kept mum on the attempt on Kyari's life.