The Federal Government has re-opened all the country's sea borders barely a day after closing them down along with all land borders ahead of Saturday's presidential election.
Minister of Interior, Abba Moro, who said this while inaugurating the new Koto- Karfe Medium Prisons, explained on Thursday that the government had received counsel that the action would affect the country's economic activities at the seaports.
Moro however assured that officers and men of the Nigeria Immigration Service had been directed to effectively monitor movements in and out of the country's sea borders before, during and after the elections.
The government had, in a statement on Wednesday, directed that all Nigeria's land and sea borders be closed from midnight of Thursday till midnight of Saturday.
The minister noted that the construction of the 80-bed prison with the capacity to accommodate 160 inmates commenced in 1981, alongside 46 others across the country. However, it was abandoned in 1986 due to lack of funds.
He explained that the project was incorporated into capital appropriation in 2013 as part of efforts to enhance safety and promote humane custody of prison inmates.
Moro enjoined members of the society to see security issues as a collective responsibility to ensure prompt arrest of criminals.
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