Prison officers involved in Bobrisky’s bribery scandal suspended
The Federal Government has suspended officers stationed at the Kirikiri Custodial Centres in Lagos following the emergence of an audio leak that disclosed that Bobrisky, who has been sentenced to a term of six months imprisonment, was afforded accommodation outside the confines of the facility.
Ja’afaru Ahmed, the Secretary of the Civil Defence, Correctional, Fire, and Immigration Services Board (CDCFIB), disseminated this information in a statement that was formally released on Thursday in Abuja.
It is pertinent to note that the Minister of Interior, Dr. Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, had on Wednesday initiated an inquiry into the allegations presented.
In the statement, Ahmed indicated that the suspension of the officers is intended to facilitate a thorough investigation into the various allegations, assuring that the findings would be disclosed to the public upon completion.
He said; “Following the viral video trending on social media on alleged infractions by Officers of the Nigerian Correctional Service relating to Mr. Idris Okuneye, widely known as Bobrisky, the Civil Defence, Correctional, Fire and Immigration Services Board has suspended forthwith the following Senior Officers of the Service.
“Michael Anugwa, Deputy Controller of Corrections (DCC), In-Charge of Medium Security Custodial Centre (MSCC), Kiri-kiri, Lagos State; and Sikiru Adekunle, Deputy Controller of Corrections (DCC), In-Charge of Maximum-Security Custodial Centre (MSCC), Kiri-kiri, Lagos State.
“Also, the Board has suspended ASC II Ogbule Samuel Obinna, serving at the Medium Security Custodial Centre (MSCC), Afikpo, Ebonyi State, for allegedly accompanying a convicted inmate out of the Custodial Centre to a location outside the facility.
“In another related development, the Board has equally suspended another Senior Officer of the Service, Iloafonsi Kevin Ikechukwu, Deputy Controller of Corrections (DCC), In-Charge of Medium Security Custodial Centre (MSCC), Kuje- Abuja, for allegedly receiving monies on behalf of an inmate“.
