Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, a civil rights advocacy group, has demanded that the Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, be fired immediately for failing to put an end to the country’s ongoing attacks on prisons.
HURIWA’s viewpoint was expressed in a statement signed by its National Coordinator, Emmanuel Onwubiko, on Thursday, in which it criticized the jailbreaks under Aregbesola’s watch.
According to the organisation, over 15 jailbreaks occurred under the former Osun State governor in the last five years, with over 3,000 inmates escaping from detention.
ANAEDOONLINE had reported that terrorists attacked the Kuje Correctional Centre on Tuesday night, heavily armed with explosives, which led to the loss of lives.
During the attack, the terrorists reportedly freed over 600 inmates, including 64 suspected Boko Haram members who were held in custody.
HURIWA also urged the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), to quit asking rhetorical questions on how the intelligence system of the country failed to detect Tuesday’s attack at Kuje prison in Abuja on social media.
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The group demanded the President immediately set up a judicial panel of inquiry on prison attacks in the country and ensure that such assaults on the entire security apparatus of Nigeria do not recur.
The statement reads in part, “The spate of jailbreaks under President Muhammadu Buhari and Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, is alarming and condemnable. Even under then-President Goodluck Jonathan, who had no military experience or background, jailbreaks weren’t as rampant as what Nigerians see these days.
“The frequent and recurring jailbreaks show the inefficiency of all those President Buhari appointed into office and his unwillingness to sack them show also that the President tacitly want the situation to continue to fester.
“HURIWA demands the sacking of the Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola; and his Defence counterpart, Bashir Magashi; for perpetual incompetence. We also call for a broad-based judicial panel of inquiry on prison breaks in Nigeria to be constituted.”
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