The Minister of Defence, Bashir Magashi, on Wednesday said all the 64 members of the Boko Haram terrorists fled the facility.

Addressing reporters a day after the attack, Magashi said there are strong indications that terrorists invaded the facility to free their members being held in detention.

“Most likely, they are Boko Haram because we have a sizeable number of Boko Harams that are in detention,” the minister said.

“Presently, we could not locate any of them. I think there are about 64 Boko Haram (members) in prison, they have all escaped.”

Noting that the situation is under control, he said the correctional centre could accommodate 994 prison inmates.

Of the figure, the Defence Minister said the government has been able to track down 600 inmates who have been recaptured.

Gunmen had stormed the Kuje Prison on Tuesday, with explosions in an apparent attempt to free prisoners.