BREAKING: Security Operatives foil a Jail-break Attempt In FCT, Abuja

The Detained Nigeria’s terrorist sects, the Boko Haram members' attempt to force a jailbreak was foiled today at the headquarters of Nigeria’s secret police, the Department of State Security in Abuja.

There was a report of heavy gunfire exchange between the security operatives and detainee sects, the military were alerted too.

The SSS spokeswoman Marilyn Ogar said, “There was an attempted jail break by our inmates when the suspect handler went to feed them”



However, Ogar did not provide details on the number of inmates involved nor disclose why they were being held but said an official statement would be issued later.

The number of casualties are also unknown now!

The DSS headquarters in the capital Abuja is located near the presidential villa and nearby residents reported hearing gunfire on Sunday morning. Traffic was also diverted in the area.

Former Minister of FCT, Mallam El - Rufia also tweeted, confirming the heavy shooting in Abuja SSS Headquarters today, A security source said the incident happened when inmates disarmed one of the guards, hitting him with their handcuffs before seizing his rifle and shooting him.

The condition of the guard was not immediately known.

“The sporadic gun shots heard after the incident were by the service personnel as a show of force,” the source added.

A number of Nigerian newspaper websites and users of social media claimed that the detainees were Boko Haram suspects but did not quote sources.