Kuje prison break: Minister of Interior Lt.Gen. Dambazau orders immediate security beef up
Following the escape of
two inmates from Kuje prison last week, the Minister of Interior, Lt.-Gen.
Abdurahaman Dambazau (rtd) on Monday, June 27, ordered immediate security beef
up at the Kuje Medium prisons and all other prisons across the country.
Dambazau gave the order in Abuja shortly after an on-the-spot assessment of the
Kuje prisons in Abuja. The two inmates standing trial for murder were said to
have escaped from the prison on Friday and are still at large.
The minister, who was
taken round the prison facility by the Comptroller General of the Nigeria
Prisons Service (NPS), Ahmed Jafaru and other prison officials, expressed shock
at the incident, adding that he had ordered for detailed investigation into the
matter and vowed to get to the root of the matter, while the hunt for the
escaped inmates continues. He noted the poor state of the prison and recalled
that he had observed some security lapses around the prison on his last visit.
"The last time I
was here I noticed some security gap in the prison, I made my observation then
with the former CG with the present controller prison and I notice the security
gap and I told them precisely what to do but unfortunately this has
occurred," He expressed worry on some of the security lapses around the
prison facility.
"Two prisoners
escaped and especially these are prisoners who are awaiting trial for murder.
So, this is a very serious issue that I cannot be happy about,’" he added.
He assured that the
current administration is working towards the rehabilitation of Nigerian
Prisons in order to make it a true rehabilitation centres for inmates like
those in developed countries.
Source: The Nation
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