By Bukola Olasanmi
The Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, has said the details of his ministry’s findings into the recent Kuje prison attack won’t be made public.
He said the federal government has since concluded investigations into the attack on the Kuje Correctional Centre in which 600 inmates escaped, while adding that results of the inquiry are classified because they are security documents.
He spoke on Tuesday in Abuja at the fourth edition of the PMB Administration Scorecard 2015-2023 Series, organised by the Ministry of Information and Culture.
Aregbesola said some of the escapees had been recaptured and returned to the centre, while efforts were on to arrest other escapees.
According to him, the greatest legacy of the Buhari administration was the degrading of insurgents and retaking of areas hitherto under their control.
“In 2015, the insurgents were holding territories in some local governments in Adamawa, Borno and Yobe States.
“But as we speak, they have been dislodged. Yes, there are challenges here and there, but there is no nation without challenges,” he added.
On the issuance of passports, Mr Aregbesola said, “We don’t have enough processing and data capturing centres across the country. This is the major challenge.
“For example, we have only three centres in the whole of Lagos, but I can assure you that before this administration leaves by May 29, next year, Lagos will have 20 processing centres.
“We will open a processing centre in Daura, Oyo, Zaria, Alimosho, Defence Headquarters, Head of Service office, and one in the Ministry of Interior,” the minister said.
On the protection of the nation’s critical assets, he commended the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) for the wonderful job they have been doing.
Aregbesola said that the NSCDC has performed well in monitoring and deployment of security before, during and after the conduct of every general election in the country.
“The service has also been involved in the protection of lives and property of Nigerians especially along the major expressways across the country.
“The NSCDC has also succeeded in establishing and training a special squad, popularly called ‘agro rangers’ whose responsibilities is to monitor and give protection to farmers in their various farms across the country,” he said.
Aregbesola said that the federal government has established Fire Service Centres in the 36 states as well as zonal offices.