'Shoot To Kill, Don't Shoot To Injure' Aregbesola Tells Prison Officers

The minister of Interior Affairs, Rauf Aregbesola, has ordered prisons officers to shoot with the intention of killing anybody who attempts to attack any correctional center in the country.

Aregbesola gave the order on Monday while inspecting the facility at the Agodi Custodial Centre, in Ibadan.

He said, “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.

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

“It is a red zone, a danger 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.

He added that the order is meant 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.”