According to an exclusive report reaching our desk, there
was shooting in the vicinity of Nigeria's Presidential palace and the
headquarters of the Department of State Services in the Asokoro District of
Abuja last weekend, which has been confirmed to be a jail break attempt.
Details below...
The expansive headquarters of the State Security Service,
popularly known as Yellow House, is adjacent to one of the remote gates of the
Presidential villa.
According to security sources and residents of the nearby Aso Drive area, the gunshots were either coming out of the SSS headquarters or the Presidential villa.
One local resident said, "We don't know what's going on
here. Heavy gunfire has been coming from the direction of the villa. The entire
area has been barricaded. SSS operatives are scampering out of their
headquarters as the gunshots get louder.
"Soldiers are now heading in the direction of the SSS
headquarters with Armoured Personnel Carriers. Those of us living around here
have been asked to stay indoors and not venture out."
The spokesperson of the SSS, Marilyn Ogar said the shooting
was about an attempted jailbreak at the Service's headquarters by suspected
members of Boko Haram sect.
She said, "What happened was that the suspects handlers
went to feed the detainees here but suddenly they attacked him with their
handcuffs, disarmed him and started shooting.
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