The senate has summoned Rauf Aregbesola, minister of
interior; Abubakar Malami, attorney-general of the federation (AGF); and Haliru
Nababa, comptroller-general of the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCS), over
the recent jailbreaks in the country.
The decision of the upper legislative chamber was sequel to
a motion sponsored by Istifanus Gyang, senator representing Plateau north.
Gyang had spoken on the recent attack on the Jos
correctional centre over the weekend, which led to the death of 10 people,
while 252 inmates are still at large.
While moving his motion on Tuesday, the Plateau senator said
among the inmates still missing, 63 were sentenced to death, while 181 are
awaiting trial.
“[The gunmen] walked
through a security zone and broke through to have over 200 inmates escape from
the centre,” he said.
On his part, Ahmad Babba Kaita, senator representing Katsina
north, blamed the jailbreaks on the “inadequate number” of security personnel
across the country.
Kaita said more funds should be allocated to security
agencies by the national assembly to enable them to recruit more personnel.
The motion was adopted by the lawmakers after Ovie
Omo-Agege, deputy senate president, put it to a voice vote.
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