The Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, has said the repeated attacks on Nigerian correctional centres could be linked to climate change and ‘global crisis.’
Mr Aregbesola said this at the 64th session of the State House Ministerial briefing organised by the Presidential Communications Team at the Aso Rock Villa, Abuja, on Thursday.
At the event, the minister was asked what was responsible for a number of prison breaks in the country, including the recent attack on the Kuje correctional centre. Responding, he said: “It is the season; I know you don’t want to hear it. Have we had what we are having in Nigeria today before? It is the season and it’s global.”
“Why are we having assassinations in America? Bad as it is, it is horrible but in America, people get killed every second. In California within the last week in America 20 people have been killed, no you asked why? It has nothing to do with technology, it could even be linked to climate change,” he said.
Mr Aregbesola stated that some people resort to criminalities when they cannot manage their stability in the face of hardship, scarcity and insecurity. He noted that the global tension that trailed the COVID-19 pandemic contributed to the crisis across the world.
