BY
MAYOWA SAMUEL
Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde has promised that security cameras will be installed in the Abolongo Correctional Center, Oyo town.
Taiwo Adisa, the Chief Press Secretary to Gov. Makinde disclosed this on Sunday after an inspection to the attacked facility.
Adisa explained that the CCTV cameras will be linked with the security situation room in the state while the governor has ordered that the main road leading to the facility be immediately graded.
He said the urgent measures taken by the governor are to ensure that the facility is more protected.
The governor, while speaking after an inspection of the attacked centre, said that he has ordered that the main road leading to the facility be immediately graded.
He said , “This is shocking and, unfortunately, we lost a soldier and an Amotekun Operative. Another person is on danger list at the University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan, as we speak.
“In the main, investigation is still on-going and we cannot say precisely whether this is an isolated event or the beginning of a wider issue that we have to deal with. But whatever the case is, we have made an assessment and taken some immediate decisions.
“We have asked that the main road to this facility be graded immediately.
“We will position security cameras here and link it back to our security situation room. It is not just only for this facility but for other correctional facilities in the state.
“We are also making a list of critical state assets that we need to monitor and I have also asked that the entrance and exit points into the state be monitored. We still have almost 300 criminals that are on the loose in the state. So, efforts will still continue to try and apprehend the criminals and bring them back here.
“About the high-profile suspects here, people are very quick to start talking about conspiracy theories. What I can say is that investigation is still on. Yes, there were high profile criminals that were held in this facility.
“Again, I will appeal that our people should be calm. We have challenges around the country – banditry, insurgency and terrorism. And we can only deal with those issues when we have the people in alignment with what the leadership is trying to do.
“So, they should please believe that their leaders will tell them the exact situation of things at the appropriate time.”
The Oyo State Command of the Nigeria Correctional Service on Saturday disclosed that 837 awaiting trial inmates escaped after suspected gunmen attacked the correctional facility in Oyo Town on Friday night.
