An insider in the Kirikiri Medium Security Prison, Lagos State, has narrated to FIJ how 101 suspected Boko Haram terrorists were released from the facility on Saturday morning.

Speaking to FIJ on Sunday, the source said wardens at the facility let them out of the medium and maximum security facilities as part of a swap deal with the terrorists for the release of travellers who were abducted in Kaduna on March 28.

They told FIJ that the freed terror suspects had been awaiting trial since 2009, and had spoken about their release happening before a new administration took over.

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The source said, “They secretly released 101 Boko Haram suspects at about 6 am. The negotiations had been ongoing for some months.

“We used to pray together. During prayers, they spoke Hausa, and they told me they would be going home by October.

“Early yesterday (Saturday) morning, they opened the cell door and called them out. They had returned their properties already.

“I used to speak with one Adamu in G3 cell. He is no longer here. He is tall and slim, and has a long face.

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“They told me that their release was based on negotiations and the pressure their sponsors gave Buhari. They felt if they didn’t get released before a new president, who might not be their tribesman, took the seat, they might not be granted amnesty.

“The controller of corrections, Ben-Rabbi Freeman, had been there multiple times to meet with them.”

The source said the freed inmates knew of the Kuje jailbreak before it occurred, and had shared the details without mentioning specific dates.

This source also said the freed inmates did not usually associate themselves with other inmates unless they were Hausa speakers, and had been prepped on how to stay off the radar after their release.

“When they spoke about their release, I asked how I would reach them, and they said they had been warned not to open bank accounts and use mobile lines, as it would be easier to track them,” the source added.

The inmates released, according to this source, are:

1. Muhammad Ridwan
2. Malam Aji
3. Muhammad Bukar
4. Kachala Umara
5. Tijjani Ibrahim
6. Abba Hassan
7. Muhammad Tahir
8. Abdurrahman Muhammad
9. Musa Fushimngamdu
10. Isyaku Haladu
11. Muhammad Musa
12. Abubakar Aminami
13. Muhammad Tahir Mahmud Tchad
14. Muhammad Muhammad
15. Abdullahi Adamu
16. Idriss Abubakar
17. Adamualkasim
18. Abdullahi Abubakar
19. Baffa Ajibukar
20. Modukime Sale
21. Alhaji Modugrema
22. Ahmad Abuzar
23. Baba Ganawali
24. Yunusa Ibrahim Sabo
25. Adam Konto
26. Muhammad Muktar
27. Abba Hassan
28. Muhammad Abba Mamman
29. Abu Umaru
30. Ali Usman
31. Abdullahi Abubakar Mubi
32. Sale Adamu
33. Abdulwaheed Ibrahim
34. Alhaji Abubakar Abubakar
35. Muhammad Abubakar
36. Idris Hashim
37. Abu Barra Abubakar
38. Baba Ganamodu
39. Muhammad Ali
40. Abdullah Abubakar
41. Muhammad Hilanta
42. Muhammad Muktar
43. Abdulwahid Abdulssalam
44. Adamu Abdullahi
45. Aliyu Abdullahi
46. Alkaseem Abdulahi
47. Husaini Aliyu
48. Abdullahi Isah
49. Husaini Yusuf
50. Yusuf Muhammad Hamisu
51. Muhammad Yakubu
52. Salisu Bilyaminu
53. Bulama Muhammad
54. Haruna Umaru
55. Abdullahi Abubakar
56. Haruna Shitu
57. Abdusallam Muhammad
58. Kabiru Ladan
59. Mansur Muhammad
60. Abdullah Aliyu
61. Abdulmummeen Ibrahim
62. Muhammad Lawan
63. Haruna Adamu
64. Kabiru Ibrahim
65. Umar Abubakar
66. Nasuru Garba
67. Hamza Yakubu
68. Musa Ali
69. Muhammad Auwal
70. Nura Abdullah
71. Sa’adu Abdurrauf
72. Sulaiman Jibirin
73. Yakubu Bello
74. Adamu Saidu
75. Muhammad Jidda
76. Abubakar Na Tuka
77. Abba Hassan
78. Maji Umaru
79. Umaru Adamu Subari
80. Ibrahim Abba
81. Muhammad Nur Hassan
82. Baba Gana Musa
83. Muhammad Yusuf
84. Sadiq Buba
85. Adamu Musa
86. Mustafa Yahya
87. Muhammad Muktar
88. Umara Tijjani
89. Umar Brema
90. Suleiman Adamu
91. Muhammad Muazu
92. Kabiru Aminu
93. Siraja Abdullah
94. Husaini Abdullah
95. Hamisu Abdullah
96. Aliyu Abubakar
97. Isa Ahmad
98. Alhaji Kambar
99. Auwal Mati
100. Bashiru Hamisu
101. Ahmad Yusuf.

FIJ sent an email to the Ministry of Interior, but as of press time, there was no response.