Ogbeni Rauf Adesoji Aregbesola, Minister of the Federal Ministry of Interior of Nigeria, has said that he would not resign over the continued attack on Nigerian correctional centres.
The ministers speaking to newsmen on Wednesday said that t calls his resignation was no need and that ie was not because correctional centres were not prepared that the attacks were successful.
He went on to say that the Imo, Kabba, Abologo and Jos attacks were painful.
He said: “As painful as those attacks were, very painful, nobody will really want the end of justice to be so vulnerable.
“The custodial facilities are the final end of justice administration.”
“So, morally, the state owes itself the responsibility of safe custody that must not be violated
“On that account alone, we must appreciate the enormity of any successful attack on custodial facilities, and I so do.
“But I want us to put this thing in the context of our security situation.
“When your best does not suffice, it’s no longer a question of your inability to make preparation or failure for preparation or preparedness.
“It’s just that at that instance, you just couldn’t hold the defence and several factors are responsible.
“What I can assure Nigerians is this. Yes, as contextual as these attacks and the successes such criminals are having, we are upping our game and we will not allow it to continue. We will prevent any such opportunistic attack and even make it impossible. And that is what the state must do.
“We are working with all arms of government particularly the security to make our custodial facilities impregnable.
“We will not rest until that is achieved. That’s the assurance I shall give Nigerians.
“As to whether it calls for my resignation, I still don’t see any need for that because it’s not for lack of preparedness that the attacks were successful. No.”
