• Describes gunmen who attacked Imo prison, state police command as cowards
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Tuesday, declared that the Federal Government will strengthen security at Correctional Service Centres and Police formations to combat rising security challenges in the country.
Prof. Osinbajo, SAN, spoke on Tuesday, in Owerri, the Imo State capital, after inspecting the level of damage done by gunmen in the Monday attack on the Custodian Centre and Police Headquarters in the state.
The Vice President, who was received at the state airport by Imo State Governor, Senator Hope Uzodinma, returned to Owerri, on Tuesday, after his recent visit, for the commissioning of Dick Tiger road project as part of the activities marking the one year anniversary of the governor.
After the project commissioning, Vice President Osinbajo, alongside Governor Uzodinma, joined by Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, Minister of State Budget and Planning Prince Clem Agba and other senior government officials, visited the Nigerian Prison Imo State Correctional Facility to access the extent of damage.
The gunmen after the Monday incident at the Custodian Centre and Police Headquarters, had freed 1,884 inmates and suspects at the command headquarters and burnt no fewer than 50 vehicles in the Monday morning attack.
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Reacting, Prof. Osinbajo, SAN, described the gunmen’s attack as cowardly, disclosing that the Federal Government was adopting measures to stop further attacks on security formations in the state.
“This incident is cowardly. Any attack on institutions of law and order is an attack on the well being of the citizens.”
“When you attack institutions of law and order, it is evident that it is not just an attack on justice, it is an attack on the welfare and well-being of the people, especially when you free prisoners, persons who are dangerous, dangerous to our people. This is definitely bad. This is indeed condemnable.
“Government has already taken steps to enhance security here at the correctional facility in the state and nationally and that is a continuing process,” Osinbajo said.
