Kuje Jailbreak: According to Kwankwaso, Security Breach Penalties Must Exist

Sen. Rabiu Kwankwaso, the NNPP’s presidential candidate, has pushed for sanctions for security lapses like the one that led to the attack on the Kuje detention facility in Abuja on July 5.

Former Kano State Governor Kwankwaso spoke on Sunday night during The People’s Townhall 2023, a live event hosted by Channels Television in Abuja.

Nobody in Nigeria, according to him, should be above the law.

“In our perspective, one of the problems we have in Nigeria today is that anything goes. No one is held accountable for the 100, 50, or one fatality. That’s the tale, he declared.

“A place was destroyed, and many escaped. It makes no difference, and so forth. Penalties must be a consideration. There must be a rewarding problem. If you act morally, you would provide the required reward. If you’re mistaken, you’re mistaken.

These are a few of the items that are already in our blueprint or manifesto. It needs to be stopped before it ever happens. There were a lot of gaps, even in the official versions we heard.

“We were informed that many of them, according to the intel, were folks who were frequently observed in the area. And Boko Haram experienced the same thing.

Although the majority of these efforts originated in Kano, the NNPP presidential candidate claims that his government sent the information for prompt action.

“Every time, for a variety of apparent reasons, individuals struggle to act at the appropriate moment. Timing is quite important, and that’s what happened in that situation. We would have taken steps to prevent that from happening, Kwankwaso added.

Of course, you need to plan. It is really regrettable for any security breach to occur for hours at any location in Abuja. I’ll admit that our response (time) in Kano at that specific moment was less than 10 minutes inside the urban region (area).

“We provided all the transportation and communications needed to operate efficiently. We provided them with everything they needed, and they were set up in key areas of Kano. And when you called, someone would arrive in 10 minutes at most at that time — I’m not sure if that still holds today.

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