By Margret Oshinowo
Minister of Interior, Dr Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo on Thursday said that the federal government would relocate a lot of correctional centres to create better space, security, and infrastructure.
Tunji-Ojo made the pledge during his visit to Suleja Medium Security Custodial Centre, where inmates escaped following a rainstorm that damaged the facility on Wednesday.
This is entailed in a statement issued in Abuja by the Director of Press and Public Relations of the ministry, Mr Ozoya Imohimi.
The minister said it was imperative to relocate a lot of the correctional centres to a conducive environment.
“This facility was built in 1914 to house 250 inmates; before this incident, we had 499.
This is a testimony to what we keep talking about: the overcrowding of our correctional centres.
“You can look at the environment; it shows that we need to relocate them away from city centres to create better space, better security, and better infrastructure,” he added.
According to him, the ministry is already working towards creating a correctional system that would work for all.
He, however, assured that such an incident would not reoccur in any other facility across the country.
“This could have been avoided if the right information was disseminated at the appropriate time on the structure.
“I was not appointed to make excuses; I was appointed to take responsibility, and we are not shying away from taking responsibility.
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