The Federal Government says it will initiate processes to possibly relocate Ikoyi prison and some of other correctional centers from urban centers in the country to other area.

Minister of Interior, OLUBUNMI TUNJI-OJO, stated this on a monitored television program.

 The minister said urbanization has eaten into the setbacks that ought to be around correctional centers in the country.

TUNJI-OJO said, under this administration, they’ve not had any jail attack; what we’ve had was force majeure which was Suleja because that particular correctional center was built in 1914. It’s about 110 years old.

He said the government would soon commence “inmate audit” across the 256 correctional centers in the country and sanitize them by freeing those who don’t have any business being there in the first instance.

TUNJI-OJO said President BOLA TINUBU inherited so many old correctional centers that need attention but the government has started the renovation and rebuilding of some of the prisons in Nigeria.