Jailbreaks: Aregbesola dismisses calls for his resignation

Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, has dismissed calls for his resignation over the frequent attack on correctional facilities across the country.

The minister said there was no need for such calls.

Aregbesola spoke when he briefed State House correspondents at the end of the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari, on Wednesday in Abuja.

He said: “Our facility in Imo was attacked in April, Kabba was in September, Abulungu was in October and Jos was in November; just to capture the attacks. As painful as those attacks were, nobody will really want the end of justice to be so vulnerable.

“The custodial facilities are the final end of criminal justice system because such facilities are the ultimate end of the administration of justice.

“So, morally, the State owes itself the responsibility of safe custody that must not be violated.

“So, on that account alone, we must appreciate the enormity of any successful attack on our custodial facility and I so do.

“But I want us to put these things in the context of our security situation.

“In Jos, our men died, meaning that the best we could put there was there and when your best could not suffice, it means that it is no longer a question of inability to make preparation or failure for preparedness it is just that at that instance we could not just hold the defence as expected,” he said.

According to Aregbesola, the authorities concerned are upping their game, to ensure that such attacks do not happen again.