The Minister for Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, has giving a matching order to prison officials to shoot dead anybody who attempts to get unwanted access into the correctional facilities across the country.

Aregbesola gave this order on Monday, January 17, 2022 during an inspection of the Agodi Custodial Centre, Ibadan, Oyo state.

The Minister charged the officers to ensure that the facility cannot be penetrated by criminals.

“The most important thing is the security impregnability of this facility. Make this facility impregnable.

“It is a red zone, dangerous zone. Whoever attempts to breach the security here is already dead. He must not live to tell the story. Other people will tell his or her story.

“Any effort to breach our facility is not acceptable. Don’t shoot to injure, shoot to kill. Don’t shoot to disable, shoot to kill.

 “This is a total embodiment of the state to guarantee the security of the people.

“We will do our best regarding your welfare to ensure effective service. I must commend your work for not recording any case of COVID-19 in your facility.

“But most importantly, you must be effective in preventing the penetration of this facility. You must have the capacity to repel viciously any attempt to penetrate this facility” Aregbesola noted.