REVEALED! How FG Swapped Arrested 101 Boko Haram Terrorists For Release Of 23 Remaining Abuja-Kaduna Train Victim 

No fewer than 101 suspected Boko Haram terrorists have been allegedly released from the Kirikiri Medium Security Prison, Lagos State as part of a swap deal for the release of the remaining 23 Abuja-Kaduna train passengers who were abducted in Kaduna on March 28.

TRIXX NG recalls that a Twitter user @Truthfully83 had on October 6, 2022 revealed this on the micro-blogging platform tagging Nigerian investigative journalists David Hundeyin and Fisayo Soyombo to verify the information.

According to an online platform, Foundation for Investigative Journalism (FIJ), the freed suspects had been awaiting trial since 2009.

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

The freed terror suspects had also spoken about their release happening before a new administration took over.

“They secretly released 101 Boko Haram suspects around 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 owned 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.

“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 source said.

An official in the prison, however, denied the claim.

The source said there were ongoing efforts to release the suspects based on their illegal detention without trial.

“There is an ongoing court process for the inmates to be released because they have been held since 2009 without trial. That process has not been completed to the best of my knowledge for the inmates to be released,” he added.

Classified information!!!!

At exactly 6am today 8th of October 2022, about 101 Boko Haram terrorists held in Kirikiri prison since 2009 were set free.
Go and verify @DavidHundeyin @fisayosoyombo.
In what the government called Amnesty.
But my investigation revealed otherwise.

— 99% OPPRESSED (@Truthfully83) October 8, 2022

The Punch reported that efforts to speak to the Nigerian Correctional Service on the matter proved abortive as of the time of filing this report.

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

Via @fijnigeria

INSIDER: How 101 Boko Haram Members Were Freed From Kirikiri — And Their Full Names https://t.co/GMq1zpwiTq

— 'Fisayo Soyombo (@fisayosoyombo) October 9, 2022