[YNAIJA] The Nigerian Prisons Service on Tuesday said the criminal mastermind of the 2011 Christmas day bombing in Abuja, Kabiru Dikko is till in prison, contrary to reports that he has been released.There had been reports going around about his release from prison.
But the prisons spokesperson, Bayo Jeje while speaking to Premium Times confirmed that the convict was still serving his jail term.
"Please disregard the rumour. He’s still in prisons custody," he said.
"There’s no truth in all" the reports claiming that Mr. Dikko had been released," he further said.
Dikko also known as Kabiru Sokoto was sentenced to lifeimprisonment in December 2013 after he was found guilty of criminal masterminding the boom-mobileing on St. Theresa’s Catholic Church, Madalla, near Abuja, which claimed the lives of about 40 persons.