Mr Martin Amidu, Minister for the Interior, on Wednesday said the national security apparatus will ensure that the five fugitives from the Sekondi prisons were apprehended.
He expressed worry about the weapons in their possession saying that was dangerous and that everything possible would be done to retrieve them.
He appealed to the public to assist the police to apprehend the criminals.
Mr Amidu made the appeal when he led a delegation including the Director General of Prisons, Mr Michael Kofi Bansah, to inspect the progress of work at Ankaful and later expressed
satisfaction at the quality of work done so far.
He said congestion at the Sekondi prisons was a contributory factor to the break out, and therefore appealed to thecontractor working on the Maximum Security Prisons at Ankaful to expedite the pace of construction, to facilitate the decongestion exercise to be carried out in the various prisons nationwide.
The Minister observed that the early completion of the project was important because the current state of affairs at the prisons at Sekondi, Kete Krachi and Nsawam among others, make room for hardened criminals to plan and execute break outs and sometimes instigate riots.
He said the Maximum Prison which has the state-of-the-art security facilities would accommodate 2,000 prisoners on completion.
The Regional Technical Office of Prisons, Chief Superintendent Leonard Dah, and the Regional Prisons Commander, Deputy Director Ahwoa Yankey, together led the Minister and his entourage to inspect the facility.
They toured the visitors' check point, the administrative block, the central stores, the kitchen, the prisons blocks which has a tennis court attached to it, a biogas area to supply the kitchen with gas, and blocks of flats being
constructed for prison officers.
The contractor, Mr Issaka Tahiru, Managing Director of Barrys Limited, assured the Minister that the work which is 80 per cent done would be fully completed and handed over before the end of
the year.