Tobi Adebayo
Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola has instructed prison officers to shoot dead attackers of correctional centres in the country.
Aregbesola issued the order during a visit to the Agodi Custodial Centre, Ibadan.
Recall that some unidentified gunmen had attacked the Medium Security Custodial Centre located at Abolongo, Oyo State in October 2021.
A total of 837 inmates were said to have escaped during the attack.
Speaking while inspecting the facility at Agodi, Aregbesola said “The most important thing is the security impregnability of this facility. Make this facility impregnable.
“It is a red zone, a danger 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.
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“Any effort to breach our facility is not acceptable. Don’t shoot to injure, shoot to kill. Don’t shoot to disable, shoot to kill.
“This is a total embodiment of the state to guarantee the security of the people.
“We 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.
“But 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.”
