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