The Spokesperson for the Department of State Security Service, Marilyn
Ogar, has issued a statement on the attempted jailbreak at the
headquarters of the Nigeria’s secret
police. Find it below..
At 0715 hours, the Service suspect handler went to the detention
facility within the Headquarters to feed the suspects. One of the
suspects attempted to disarm him by hitting him at the back of his head
with his handcuff. His attempt to escape drew the attention of other
guards at the facility who fired some shots to warn and deter others.
The
gun shots attracted the attention of the military with whom we have an
understanding of mutual assistance in the event of any threat. The Army
immediately deployed a team to reinforce our perimeter guards to
forestall any external collaborators.
The situation has since been brought under control. Further details will be communicated
