Jailbreaks: FG inaugurates vulnerability audit of correctional facilities

The Federal Government has inaugurated the  vulnerability audit of all Correctional Service’s facilities across the country.

This move by the federal government comes after a spate of attacks on correctional facilities across the country.

In a statement by his media aide, Sola Fasure, the Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, said the report will help the service to identify the cracks in the security setup of the correctional facilities.

Aregebsola said, “The vulnerability audit we have inaugurated today will identify the weakness in our security setup and will help to put in place an effective structure to assist us in better securing our facilities against future external aggression.

“In the past, the challenges to the facilities were usually internal insurrections which our system had been primed to deal with.

“We are determined to eliminate the threat from these attackers and ensure that our facilities are no longer vulnerable.”

The Minister added that anyone who breaches the correctional facilities must live to regret such actions noting that such persons were toiling with Nigeria’s sovereignty.

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“The NCoS stands at the heart and end of the administration of the Criminal Justice System. It is a critical and essential element in keeping those the court thinks must be kept away from our society. You must do all in your power to defend it.

“The custodial centres represent Nigeria’s sovereignty, it’s a sacred institution that signifies her authority. Anyone who aims to breach them is simply testing the might and will of the Nigerian state and must not live to regret such actions,” the Minister added.

The most recent attack on correctional facilities came on Friday, October 22, at the Abolongo Custodial Centre, in Oyo State, which was attacked by yet to be identified gunmen who used explosives to gain entry and free all inmates in the facility.