The federal government says it has set up an audit panel to assess the level of security at custodian centres across Nigeria.
Sola Fasure, media adviser to Rauf Aregbesola, minister of interior, made this known in a statement on Friday.
Aregbesola was quoted to have said that the vulnerability audit would “identify the weakness in our security setup and will help to put in place an effective structure to assist us in better securing our facilities against future external aggression”.
“In the past, the challenges to the facilities were usually internal insurrections which our system had been primed to deal with,”.
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“But this new challenge, starting with the #EndSARS riots of 2020, is an armed invasion by gunmen, in large numbers, bearing sophisticated weapons and military grade ordinances.
“They overrun the place, blow up huge holes on the perimeter fence and overpower our security system.
“We are determined to eliminate the threat from these attackers and ensure that our facilities are no longer vulnerable.
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“Anyone who breached the custodial facilities is simply toiling with the sovereignty of Nigeria and must not live to regret such actions.”
