The Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, on Monday, issued a shoot-at-sight order for any one invading who any of the correctional centres in the country.
The minister gave this order while inspecting the facility at the Agodi Custodial Centre, Ibadan.
He said, โThe most important thing is the security impregnability of this facility. Make this facility impregnable.
โIt is a red zone, dangerous zone. Whoever attempts to breach the security here is already dead. He must not live to tell the story. Other people will tell his or her story.
โAny effort to breach our facility is not acceptable. Donโt shoot to injure, shoot to kill. Donโt shoot to disable, shoot to kill.
โThis is a total embodiment of the state to guarantee the security of the people.
โWe will do our best regarding your welfare to ensure effective service. I must commend your work for not recording any case of COVID-19 in your facility.
โBut most importantly, you must be effective in preventing the penetration of this facility. You must have the capacity to repel viciously any attempt to penetrate this facility.โ
Recall that the minister at a recent Ministerial Press Briefing at the Aso Villa, said 4,860 inmates of the Nigerian correctional centres have escaped from those facilities between 2020 and 2021 alone following successful jailbreaks in Benin, Owerri, and Oyo, among others.
Also, only 954 of that number have been rearrested. That was before the recent jailbreak at the Jos Medium Security Custodial Centre, which resulted in 9 fatalities and escape of 252 inmates. The 252 on the loose are apart from the 10 rearrested
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