Jailbreakers won’t live to tell stories –Aregbesola

The Federal Government on Thursday said it had foiled another jailbreak attempt following the attack on the Kuje Correctional facility in early July 2022.

The Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, revealed this at the 64th session of the State House Ministerial briefing organised by the Presidential Communications Team at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

Although Aregbesola did not specify which correctional facility he was referring to, he said those behind the attack had been “sent to their maker.”

He also boasted that no fleeing inmate could hide forever as their biometrics have been stored permanently on the Nigeria Police database.

On the night of July 5, 2022, armed persons stormed the Kuje Correctional Centre located at a satellite town in Abuja.

After the gun battle, over 400 inmates believed to be linked to the Boko Haram sect escaped.

Fielding questions about the root cause of the perennial jailbreaks, Aregbesola said, “It is the season. I know you don’t want to hear it. Have we had what we are having in Nigeria today before? It is the season and it is global.