HURIWA: Aregbesola Should Resign Or Be Sacked, 15 Jailbreaks Under His Watch

Civil rights advocacy group, Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, has said the Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, must be sacked with immediate effect over his failure to end the incessant attacks on prisons in prisons in the country.

HURIWA’s position was contained in a statement on Thursday signed by its National Coordinator, Emmanuel Onwubiko, where it condemned the jailbreaks under Aregbesola’s watch.

The group stated that, in the last five years, there had been over 15 jailbreaks under the former Osun State governor while over 3,000 inmates have escaped from custody.

During the latest attack at the kuje medium-security correctional facility, the terrorists reportedly freed over 600 inmates, including 64 suspected Boko Haram members held in custody.

HURIWA also urged President Muhammadu Buhari 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.

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.