Following the attack on Kuje Correctional centre, some high-profile inmates including DCP Abba Kyari, Joshua Dariye and Jolly Nyame have reportedly escaped the facility.
The Nation reports that the attack which lasted some hours, was said to have been resisted by military personnel and prison guards on duty,
The correctional centre is yet to give account of inmates missing with their profiles.
Sources said Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari and his men who were in the facility may have escaped from the facility.
Gunmen bombarded the facility with bombs and explosives on Tuesday night.
Former Plateau Governor Joshua Dariye and his Taraba counterpart Jolly Nyame who had been granted pardon by the National Council of States were also in the facility.
The Federal Government was yet to effect their release as of the time of the attacks.
Sources within the facility confided in The Nation that besides the high profile inmates, some terrorists and other criminals might have escaped in the during the gunfire from the attackers.
A source told our Correspondent it would be difficult to confirm if Kyari and his men were evacuated for safety before the attackers gained entrance into the facility.