ABUJA—Around 440 inmates are on the run after a suspected raid by Boko Haram terrorists on a prison in Nigeria’s capital Abuja on Tuesday night, an interior ministry official said.
The raid, and a separate ambush on an advance convoy of Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari—who was not present—heading to his hometown in the northern state of Katsina, highlights Nigeria’s going security challenges, especially in northern regions where armed insurgents and gangs are rife.
