A major fire has engulfed several buildings inside Kuje prison, Abuja.
A group calling itself the Prisoners Against Injustice in Nigeria, PAIN, has claimed responsibility for the fire.
PAIN made the claim in a handwritten statement posted on the prison’s notice board, before it was hurriedly removed by the prison authorities.
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PAIN said the attack was meant to draw the attention of the world, to the pathetic state of prisons and corruption within prison services in Nigeria.
The terse statement described the recent death on Tuesday, June 27, of Samuel Mba, an inmate awaiting trial, but remanded in Kuje prison for the past four years, as the last straw.
The group blamed Mba’s death and that of many other inmates on gross negligence, corruption, and the lack of basic medicines and equipment to treat emergencies and routine health challenges.
PAIN also said they burnt down the overcrowded cells, to ensure that spacious replacements ideal for human habitation is built.
“The affected buildings are the moribund Clinic block, Custody 2, which is the congested home to 153 Awaiting Trial Inmates, Convicts block (custody 3) where 322 inmates are crammed into, and Custody 4, another Awaiting Trial block where additional 306 inmates are packed in like sardines.”
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