Security experts have expressed divergent views on a shoot-on-sight order given by the Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, against anyone who attempts to attack any correctional centre in the country.
The minister gave the order while inspecting the Agodi Custodial Centre in Ibadan, Oyo State.
Reacting to the development, a Lagos-based security consultant, Oladele Fajana, described the order as primitive and a show of force.
He said the Federal Government was not proactive on security situations as it always waited for a breach before taking actions.
Fajana said, “That order is primitive and characteristic of most Nigerian leaders. They are not always proactive, but reactive. They always wait for something to happen before they take action. I see that order as a show of force.
“There have been situations where these kinds of orders were being given and those criminals would not attack till the security operatives relax.”
Backing Fajana, another security expert, Jackson Lekan-Ojo, said the minister did not have the right to give such an order.
