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The President, Association of Industrial Security and Safety Operators of Nigeria and Chairman of Trans-World Security Systems Ltd., Dr Ona Ekhomu, shares with TUNDE AJAJA his thoughts on the recurring jailbreaks and better approach to tackle the prevailing insecurity in Nigeria
What do you think is fuelling jailbreaks in Nigeria?
Let me give you a little background. The first thing is to look at why people would want to break into a correctional centre. Boko Haram did it successfully on September 7, 2010 when they broke into the Bauchi correctional centre. They set their colleagues held there free and their purpose was to build an army. We should know that anytime somebody is breaking into a prison, we need to quickly ask ourselves who did it. In my book on Boko Haram, I listed 10 prison breaks by Boko Haram. The first one was in Maiduguri and they freed hundreds of inmates. To cut short the story, in April 2010 when Shekau declare
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Published 11 April 2021
Published 11 April 2021
The Federal Government has asked the International Criminal Police Organisation to be on the alert and lookout for the inmates who escaped in the recent jailbreaks in the country, including the most recent in Owerri, the Imo State capital.
It added that the Nigerian Immigration Service had also been issued an alert, noting that the data of the inmates were being compiled and would be sent to the relevant organisations in batches so as not to delay the manhunt.
A senior official with the Nigerian Correctional Service on Saturday told one of our correspondents on condition of anonymity that the number of “dangerous” inmates on the loose officially was 3,471, including those who escaped in Owerri.