Why FG may relocate some prisons – Interior Minister
Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo.
Published By: Paul Dada
The Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Ojo has spoken about the possibility of relocating correctional centres located in the urban areas of the country.
Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, who stated this while guesting on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Thursday, said setbacks that ought to be around correctional centres had been affected by urbanisation.
He said: “Under this administration, we’ve not had any jail attack; what we’ve had was force majeure which was Suleja because that particular correctional centre was built in 1914. It’s about 110 years old.
“President Tinubu was not President a 110 years old. He inherited 256 correctional centres that needed attention. There is no way he would have completely overhaul it in one year.
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“I must talk about urbanisation. Look at Suleja for example, the Suleja correctional centre that came down was only 7 metres away from the next house. Instead of what the law says which is a buffer space of 100 metres. So, urbanisation has eaten deep.
“Look at Ikoyi Correctional Centre sharing a fence with (another house). What’s (a) correctional centre doing in Ikoyi? This administration is looking at being able to initiate the process of possibly relocating some of these correctional centres.”
