The Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, Monday, assured that the 9,000 Special Facility Capacity custodial centres in three states of the country would be completed by December 2022.
These 3,000-capacity custodial centres are situated in Kano, Rivers, and Abuja.
Aregbesola, who made this known to journalists after a facility tour of the 3,000-capacity Ultramodern Capacity Custodial Centre Karshi, Abuja said upon completion of the projects, inmates in not suitable facilities would be moved there.
However, describing the level of completion of each facility, Aregbesola said the one in Kano is almost complete while the ones in Rivers and Abuja are at 55 per cent completion.
He said, “I desire to have the first three of the six projects be completed before this administration ends. I will approach the President for support for the project in Kano, Rivers, and Abuja. It will bring the Correctional Service Centres of these new projects to 9,000 Special Facility Capacity for holding trial inmates and convicts.
“This capacity will hold 3,000 categories of inmates. We have the female section that is yet to be built. We have a section for difficult inmates and one for ordinary inmates. It is a standard facility. If we can have this completed, most of the people we are holding in some current facilities that are not suitable will be moved there.
“We have a similar facility in Kano that is almost completed. I believe it will be inaugurated and commissioned by the President before December. The one at River State is almost at the same stage as this. With support from the President, these two (Rivers and Abuja) will be completed by the end of the year. It will relieve the correctional services by moving those who are supposed to be here.”
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