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Federal Government has ordered the Nigerian Correctional Service(NCoS) to work with other security agencies to fortify all correctional facilities in the country to forestall a repeat of attack on the Kuje Correctional Centre.
In a statement issued by the Media Adviser to the Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, Mr Sola Fasure, in Abuja, yesterday, Aregbesola also directed that all personnel be vigilant and alert, to avoid recurrence and also directed that full investigation into the incident be carried out as soon as possible.
He warned that appropriate actions would be taken should any complicity be established and pledged to continue to strengthen all correctional facilities to keep all Nigerians safe at all times.
“We are working with the Ministry of Defence and the office of the National Security Adviser and other intelligence and security agencies to ensure the attackers and the escaped inmates are captured and returned to custody.
“As we speak, security personnel are combing the whole area, up to a distance of 100km radius, looking for them. All checkpoints nationwide have been put on alert.
“However, more than 400 of them have been brought in and more are still coming,’’he said.
Aregbesola appealed to all residents to be calm but vigilant, adding that security was a collective work between government and the citizens.
