The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) says it plans to
set up a special security team to strengthen the security around custodial
centres across the country.
Haliru Nababa, controller-general of NCoS, spoke after a
meeting with Abubakar Audi, the commandant general of the Nigeria Security and
Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), and Idris Jere, acting comptroller-general of the
Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS).
Nababa said the meeting centered on strengthening
intelligence gathering and sharing of the same among security operatives to nip
attacks in the bud.
He said Rauf Aregbesola, minister of interior, had during
the ministerial retreat held on December 9, directed security agencies under
the ministry to work together as a family in the area of intelligence
gathering, sharing and physical confrontation with jail attackers.
He described the perpetrators as common enemies whose main
agenda was to challenge the authority and test the might of the federal
government.
He said the synergy would also include the immediate
inauguration of a joint task force of armed personnel comprising the three
arm-bearing agencies under the ministry of interior.
He also said the task force is expected to combine with the
armed forces and the police force that are already deployed to support the
armed squad in guarding custodial centres.
Responding, Audi lauded the initiative and promised to
direct all state commandants of his service to gear up for the task.
He also called for regular meetings and more investment in
intelligence gathering that will help forestall armed invasions.
There has been a series of jailbreaks at different custodial
centres across the country in recent months, which has led to the loss of lives
and the escaping of thousands of inmates.
The most recent attack occurred in November when gunmen
invaded the Jos correctional centre.
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